FossilFrenzy Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Hello fossil friends! While looking for some unique species to add to my collection, I came across this Cambropallas and was wondering if it looked mostly genuine or heavily restored? I know near complete specimens are hard to come by, but this seller says the trilobite was a part of their personal collection at one point and they took pride in it. Thank you Edited January 2, 2019 by FossilFrenzy Image problem attaching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Hello, Unfortunately, these pictures are much too small to make any decent determination. Enlarged, they are too fuzzy to make out any detail. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilFrenzy Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Hello, Unfortunately, these pictures are much too small to make any decent determination. Enlarged, they are too fuzzy to make out any detail. I cannot find any way to upload them larger without discerning who the seller is, should I PM you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 PM me John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 This is the best I can do considering how the images are on the website. This is a composite of four images. 4 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 It looks fine to me , nice trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Nice job @JohnBrewer! The trilobite looks fairly real to me but I don’t have much experience with these trilobites. Maybe @Kane has more experience than I do. 1 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Something not quite right about this area Ive encircled here in terms of the axial ring to pleurae size ratio: 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Kane said: Something not quite right about this area Ive encircled here in terms of the axial ring to pleurae size ratio: I hope that wasn’t my stitching together @Kane. I’ll pm you the link to seller. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I think that latest photo is still much too small to make a proper judgement on how much is real. Though at a glance there don't seem to be any immediate red flags. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnBrewer said: I hope that wasn’t my stitching together @Kane. I’ll pm you the link to seller. Thanks, John. I had a look-see, and that feature is on the bug and not an artifact of your stitching. It does look like the pleura is sharing 1 and an additional 0.25 of an axial ring. Also seeing an anomaly between the first (top) axial ring's left angle and the right side impression thereof. All of this could be preservation distortion, a pathology, or likely some restoration/recomposition. 3 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilFrenzy Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 5:09 PM, Kane said: Thanks, John. I had a look-see, and that feature is on the bug and not an artifact of your stitching. It does look like the pleura is sharing 1 and an additional 0.25 of an axial ring. Also seeing an anomaly between the first (top) axial ring's left angle and the right side impression thereof. All of this could be preservation distortion, a pathology, or likely some restoration/recomposition. It sounds uncertain on the amount of restoration, then? I may wait on this one and just get the russian trilobite first. Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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