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Odd horseshoe shaped fossil

Reklaw

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Reklaw

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Hello all, This strange fossil is from the Platteville of Beloit Wisconsin and I have no idea what it is. It is fairly well preserved with a fine granular texture to it. Any ideas are welcome!

 

(3 inch post it note for scale)

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Kane Regular Member

Kane

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My guess would be the trilobite Dolichoharpes reticulata in a dorsal position.

 

This is one member @minnbuckeye found: DSC_0828.JPG

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Peat Burns Regular Member

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2 hours ago, Kane said:

My guess would be the trilobite Dolichoharpes reticulata in a dorsal position.

 

This is one member @minnbuckeye found:

 DSC_0828.JPG

I think I'm still :drool: over that one...

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Looks similar. here is the ventral side of the trilobite shown. I had to flip it over and have it prepped from the other side.   You can see the horseshoe at the front of my trilobite.  

 

       

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