Rosemary Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I am wondering if this sample is a trilobite. The second pic contains an additional sample. Both taken from the same rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 The top one indeed looks like a partial trilobite, part of the thorax and the pygidium. The second one looks like the impression of part of the cephalon. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Hmmm. Looking at the margins of the first item, am I seeing growth lines? Made me think bivalve or brachiopod. Agree on the second item being trilobite. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 It is best to take pictures from directly above the item, looking down at it. Oblique angles do not show correct detail, as it can be skewed by the angle. 1 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...
Rosemary Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 How's this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Excellent! This makes me think it is a bivalve/pelecypod. Looks more like a shell than trilobite, to me. 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...
Kane Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I wonder if it's possible that this is a rostroconch. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Oooooppps! Oh well, I was half right. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 +1 for the top piece being bivalve, the bottom piece is definitely a trilobite cephalon, maybe a Dalmanitidae from the Silurian? I really don't know the area, but it doesn't look like any of the Devonian trilobites from Indiana. 2 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Looks like there is a Hederellid-type bryozoan on the mold of the trilobite cephalon! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 I was wondering what that pretty thing was! Thx. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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