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Brechin Ontario 12/2/2017


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Here are my finds from the Verulam fm in Brechin Ontario. I had never been to an active quarry before so it was cool to see some of the machinery in addition to the unending supply of rocks to split. The temperature was amazing for December and we didn't get any rain. The very bottom of the quarry exposes the Bobcaygeon fm but it was flooded this time.

 

@Malcolmt thanks for taking me to your spot! I remember what you said most of these are but will need reminding on a couple...

 

1. Pleurocystite - sadly missing the stalk and one of the arms but great to find one (Didn't know they existed until Saturday)

A few of the plates fell off so I got a better look at the structure underneath before gluing it back together

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2. Ceraurus trilobites

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3. Isotelus trilobite

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4. (forgot the name) partial trilobite

Needs some cleaning but I'm afraid to damage it

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5. Crinoid calyx (forgot the name)

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6. Unknown cephalopod

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Nice haul! You certainly have a talent. I think your mystery trilobite may be a Thaleops. The big cephalopod with the bottle appearance might be Endoceras proteiforme, pretty much the biggest nautiloid in that formation.

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Very nice and cool finds. We don’t have those kinds of fossils down here in Texas. So thanks for sharing them.

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Trilobite number 3 is: Failleana indeterminata

 

figure from:

 

Ludvigsen, R. (1979)
Fossils of Ontario - Part 1: The Trilobites.
Royal Ontario Museum Publication, 96 pp.

 

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HI Greg: It was nice to meet you in the pit. We didn't get too much chance to talk, but I'm sure we'll run into each other again. Kane is right, your one mystery trilobite is Thaleops laurentiana and I see Piranha just told you about the other. Most of your finds likely came from Bobcaygeon formation rocks as the bottom floor of the pit is already several feet into the Bob. and all the rocks you were looking at, at least while I was there, came from the pool. My day got me one so-so edrioasteroid from the very top, so not nearly as productive as yours.

There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else

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That looks like an incredible day in the Boby. Spectacular finds. Congratulations on finding them and thanks for sharing them. Love to see them after they've been prepped.

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46 minutes ago, Northern Sharks said:

HI Greg: It was nice to meet you in the pit. We didn't get too much chance to talk, but I'm sure we'll run into each other again. Kane is right, your one mystery trilobite is Thaleops laurentiana and I see Piranha just told you about the other. Most of your finds likely came from Bobcaygeon formation rocks as the bottom floor of the pit is already several feet into the Bob. and all the rocks you were looking at, at least while I was there, came from the pool. My day got me one so-so edrioasteroid from the very top, so not nearly as productive as yours.

 

1 hour ago, Kane said:

Nice haul! You certainly have a talent. I think your mystery trilobite may be a Thaleops. The big cephalopod with the bottle appearance might be Endoceras proteiforme, pretty much the biggest nautiloid in that formation.

 

*Cough* Nanillaenus *Cough*

-Dave

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Was a great day with spectacular weather, glad you enjoyed yourself. I also had a decent day a cupulocrinus calyx and 2 plates of multiple pleurocystites. Unfortunately looks like the end of the unseasonably nice weather is upon us.

 

Yes I also told him in the field it was a Nanillaenus but Northern Sharks brought up the Thaleops word

 

And it is still Phacops to me.....

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4 minutes ago, Shamalama said:

 

 

*Cough* Nanillaenus *Cough*

Could be! ... Thaleops laurentiana and Nanillaenus conradi look very similar from behind! Perhaps if you mail me some of your specimens for an indefinite amount of time so that I could inspect them in hand... :P 

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Just now, Kane said:

Could be! ... Thaleops laurentiana and Nanillaenus conradi look very similar from behind!

I'm just trying to start a kerfluffle since both names seem to be used interchangeably for specimens from the Verulam/Bobcaygeon.  ;)

-Dave

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Piranha can verify this, but Nanillaenus was synonymized with Thaleops, with the latter taking naming precedence. So for now, the "official" name is Thaleops, but plenty of us, especially the other Kevin, feel there are enough differences to bring back the Nanillaenus name.

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2 hours ago, Shamalama said:

*Cough* Nanillaenus *Cough*

 

2 hours ago, Malcolmt said:

And it is still Phacops to me.....

 

2 hours ago, Shamalama said:

I'm just trying to start a kerfluffle since both names seem to be used interchangeably for specimens from the Verulam/Bobcaygeon.  ;)

 

2 hours ago, Malcolmt said:

Two votes Nanillaenus

 

 

Amati & Westrop 2004 synonymized Nanillaenus as Thaleops

 

Amati, L., & Westrop, S.R. (2004)

A systematic revision of Thaleops (Trilobita: Illaenidae) with new species from the Middle and Late Ordovician of Oklahoma and New York.

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2(3):207-256   PDF LINK

 

 

Years ago I remember not wanting to change labels, preferring the 'old school' names. 

 

In Europe Phacops was originally designated as Calymene latifrons Bronn 1825, then in North America as Calymene bufo var. rana, Green 1832.  And don't forget the first description of 'Phacops' in North America as Somatrikelon megalomaton McMurtrie, 1819.  Emmrich, 1839 finally established the genus Phacops.  Surely no one is interested in resurrecting those antiquated names nearly 200 years old, so the same principle should apply for changes in taxonomy that have occurred more recently, even if it requires the changing of labels.  Perpetuating the use of invalid taxa is counter productive to TFF and a disservice to others who will view this in the future.

 

McMurtrie, H. (1819)
Fossil Organic Remains.
In: Sketches of Louisville and its environs.
Louisville, S. Penn, pp. 74-75

 

Bronn, H.G. (1825)
Über zwei neue Trilobiten-Arten zum Calymene-Geschlechte gehörig.
Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, pp. 317-321

 

Green, J.M. (1832)
Monograph of the trilobites of North America: with coloured models of the species.
J. Brano Publishing, Philadelphia, 93 pp.

 

Emmrich, H.F. (1839)
De Trilobitis: Dissertatio petrefactologica quam concensu et auctoritate amplissimi philosophorum ordinis.
Berolini: Berlin, 56 pp.

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30 minutes ago, Northern Sharks said:

...but plenty of us, especially the other Kevin, feel there are enough differences to bring back the Nanillaenus name.

 

 

That's fine and perhaps there are enough differences to reestablish Nanillaenus.  Three words come to mind: peer reviewed paper emo73.gif :P

 

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"Somatrikelon megalomaton" seems like a name of a Transformers character.  It makes Eldredgeops rana sound positively euphonious. 

 

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11 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

"Somatrikelon megalomaton" seems like a name of a Transformers character.  It makes Eldredgeops rana sound positively euphonious.

 

 

Unfortunately no figured drawing was produced at the time, but the details of a snapping turtle-like creature with prominent eyes was most likely a Phacops.

It is listed in the Treatise Trilobita O (1959) as Phacops [=?Somatrikelon McMurtrie, 1819], also probably the first description of any North American trilobite.

 

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"[...] but the underlip was accidentally broken off by some careless person who was examining it." :D I can imagine the earlier draft naming and shaming: "And I'm looking at you, Jenkins, you insufferable butter-fingers! Hands off my Somatrikelon megalomaton!"

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2 hours ago, piranha said:

 

 

 

 

 

Amati & Westrop 2004 synonymized Nanillaenus as Thaleops

 

Amati, L., & Westrop, S.R. (2004)

A systematic revision of Thaleops (Trilobita: Illaenidae) with new species from the Middle and Late Ordovician of Oklahoma and New York.

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2(3):207-256   PDF LINK

 

 

Years ago I remember not wanting to change labels, preferring the 'old school' names. 

 

In Europe Phacops was originally designated as Calymene latifrons Bronn 1825, then in North America as Calymene bufo var. rana, Green 1832.  And don't forget the first description of 'Phacops' in North America as Somatrikelon megalomaton McMurtrie, 1819.  Emmrich, 1839 finally established the genus Phacops.  Surely no one is interested in resurrecting those antiquated names nearly 200 years old, so the same principle should apply for changes in taxonomy that have occurred more recently, even if it requires the changing of labels.  Perpetuating the use of invalid taxa is counter productive to TFF and a disservice to others who will view this in the future.

 

McMurtrie, H. (1819)
Fossil Organic Remains.
In: Sketches of Louisville and its environs.
Louisville, S. Penn, pp. 74-75

 

Bronn, H.G. (1825)
Über zwei neue Trilobiten-Arten zum Calymene-Geschlechte gehörig.
Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, pp. 317-321

 

Green, J.M. (1832)
Monograph of the trilobites of North America: with coloured models of the species.
J. Brano Publishing, Philadelphia, 93 pp.

 

Emmrich, H.F. (1839)
De Trilobitis: Dissertatio petrefactologica quam concensu et auctoritate amplissimi philosophorum ordinis.
Berolini: Berlin, 56 pp.

Points to Pirhana for shutting the Nanillaenus supporters down. :(:P  Somatikelon is starting to rub off on me though. If I ever get to name a fossil I will Eldregdeops that one up. *wacky horn*

-Dave

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If I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPhee

Check out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/

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1 hour ago, Shamalama said:

Points to Pirhana for shutting the Nanillaenus supporters down...

 

4 hours ago, piranha said:

That's fine and perhaps there are enough differences to reestablish Nanillaenus.  Three words come to mind: peer reviewed paper emo73.gif :P

 

 

It is not about 'points' or 'likes'. 

If Nanillaenus is still a valid genus, it has to be published in a peer reviewed journal.  Until then, Amati & Westrop 2004 is the prevailing classification.

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Hi again, Greg!

 

I like your nautiloid!!!  Is that the siphuncle poking out of the left side of your specimen?

 

Monica

 

On 12/6/2017 at 11:55 AM, Greg.Wood said:

 

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