DPS Ammonite Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 What is this trilobite (11cm long) possibly from Morocco that a relative has? My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRfossilMISTER Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 its a flexicalymene. also it is from morroco. 1 games are fun, but finding fossil is even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I believe it is a Calymene 1 Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 It's probably Flexicalymene ouzregui, from Morocco. 4 " 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...
Walt Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I guess I stand corrected if it is from Morocco. Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 The older literature reported 5 species of 'Calymene' from the Lower Devonian of Morocco, but those have all been reassigned to Gravicalymene. Flexicalymene is the most common calymenid from the Ordovician of Morocco, but there are others. Colpocoryphe has smooth pygidial flanks. Colpocoryphe grandis figure from: Destombes , Jacques 1966 Quelques Calymenina (Trilobitae) de l'Ordovicien moyen et supérieur de l'Anti-Atlas (Maroc). Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc, t.26, 188:33-52 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 @piranha , I thought the prominent "brow" was diagnostically significant. Calymene meaning "beautiful Crescent" in reference to its glabella. (head spinning) Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Historical context on the mysterious appendages of Calymene blumenbachii: "Ironically, Walch made one important mistake based on the Dudley Fossil when he used Mortimer’s (1752) erroneous report of “feet” to confirm his principal idea that trilobites were not bivalved animals, but were arthropods with “testaceous feet hidden like crayfish” under the shell of their back. Clearly, the Dudley Fossil was a critical component of Walch’s study, which, in turn, further enhanced its prominence in later research by others." Mikulic, D.G., & Kluessendorf, J. 2007 Legacy of the Locust—Dudley and its famous trilobite Calymene blumenbachii. pp. 141-169 In: Mikulic, D.G., Landing, E., & Kluessendorf, J. (eds.) Fabulous Fossils: 300 Years of Worldwide Research on Trilobites. New York State Museum Bulletin, 507:1-248 PDF LINK 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 12 hours ago, piranha said: Historical context on the mysterious appendages of Calymene blumenbachii: "Ironically, Walch made one important mistake based on the Dudley Fossil when he used Mortimer’s (1752) erroneous report of “feet” to confirm his principal idea that trilobites were not bivalved animals, but were arthropods with “testaceous feet hidden like crayfish” under the shell of their back. Clearly, the Dudley Fossil was a critical component of Walch’s study, which, in turn, further enhanced its prominence in later research by others." Mikulic, D.G., & Kluessendorf, J. 2007 Legacy of the Locust—Dudley and its famous trilobite Calymene blumenbachii. pp. 141-169 In: Mikulic, D.G., Landing, E., & Kluessendorf, J. (eds.) Fabulous Fossils: 300 Years of Worldwide Research on Trilobites. New York State Museum Bulletin, 507:1-248 PDF LINK "Designed for the early student, and those who have not made great progress in that science" Ouch. True, but ouch.... Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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