Nalhunter Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) I found this around 2 years ago in a creek in North Alabama. I'm pretty sure it's a partial trilobite but I'm not sure. Edited January 12, 2018 by Nalhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Could we have some different angles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Welcome to TFF! First 2 pictures say "yes", but the 3rd picture says "no". I think it is a crushed shell, possibly a cephalopod (?). Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalhunter Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Thanks! It's difficult to get a good angle on it. I thought it was a shell at first too but the more I looked at I just honestly can't tell. I've never found a trilobite so I keep hoping that's what it is, but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 22 minutes ago, Nalhunter said: Thanks! It's difficult to get a good angle on it. I thought it was a shell at first too but the more I looked at I just honestly can't tell. I've never found a trilobite so I keep hoping that's what it is, but it is what it is. Can you take a picture of the back end (the pygidium if it is a trilo). I’m leaning towards trilobite but a cephalopod is also a possibility. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalhunter Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Can you take a picture of the back end (the pygidium if it is a trilo). I’m leaning towards trilobite but a cephalopod is also a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalhunter Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) 23 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Can you take a picture of the back end (the pygidium if it is a trilo). I’m leaning towards trilobite but a cephalopod is also a possibility Edited January 12, 2018 by Nalhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Yeah I’d say trilo, pygidium is separate from thorax. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 1 minute ago, WhodamanHD said: Yeah I’d say trilo, pygidium is separate from thorax. I disagree. I see no pygidium or evidence of a cephalon. The "axial lobe" does not look right either. Lets see what @piranha thinks. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 possibly a very worn partial thorax of a Silurian species "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 35 minutes ago, Herb said: possibly a very worn partial thorax of a Silurian species I second that. Again, only possibly. @piranha Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I don’t think it’s trilo. It just looks wrong from the last image. Any chance we can have several more images? One directly from the top in particular. You can never post enough images! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Seeing the last two photos, i'm leaning towards a worn cephalopod. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalhunter Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 12 hours ago, JohnBrewer said: I don’t think it’s trilo. It just looks wrong from the last image. Any chance we can have several more images? One directly from the top in particular. You can never post enough images! Sure thing, I'll try to post some more later today. Like I said earlier its very hard to get the perfect picture of it because of its shape, if it is a trilobite I think it's coiled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Seems a bit too robust to be a trilobite (2nd picture). Zooming in on the images, it looks like the shape continues a bit further, but there is also some curious mineralization and erosion-based surface pitting. Definitely more pictures, different angles, good lighting will help! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 You also show it to that society : http://alabamapaleo.org/Alabama_Paleontological_Society and read that : http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1152 and follow the links they give you. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalhunter Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy week. I've been doing some research in the meantime, and I bought something I probably should have bought alot sooner, a fossil field guide. According to the geological map, the rocks here are Mississippian age. According to everything I've read, the only trilobites still around in the Mississippian period were from the order Proetida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 23 hours ago, Nalhunter said: Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy week. I've been doing some research in the meantime, and I bought something I probably should have bought alot sooner, a fossil field guide. According to the geological map, the rocks here are Mississippian age. According to everything I've read, the only trilobites still around in the Mississippian period were from the order Proetida. That is correct. Only the Proetids are found in Carboniferous or Permian rocks. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'm wondering about a clam, something like Trigonia. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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