opabinia Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Anyone here have any Anomalocarididae fossils? I do realize that if anyone did they most likely wouldn't be on this site but just wanted to know. I also realize that they are extremely rare but that I've seen things on here comparable when speaking about rarity. (Kinzers Formation PA has confirmed - anomalocaris pennsylvanica.) Thanks; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. E.T. Hall - opabinia "If It Can be Written or Thought, It can be Filmed." - Stanley Kubrick Cambrian and Quaternary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 @ElToro "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 See this thread: LINK Regards, 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...
Wrangellian Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 The one in the middle of this cropped pic of my Chengjiang drawer is supposed to be a part of an anomalocarid, but I don't know that for sure (nor what part, exactly!) I'll have to get better pics when the weather improves (sunlight in short supply this year so far) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 you have a Chengjiang drawer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It's not a big drawer, about 38x31cm, with some overflow items in other drawers.... BTW I like your quote: "Everybody is somebody else's weirdo." I bet I'm a lot of people's weirdo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 classic dilbert quote,that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opabinia Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 8 hours ago, Wrangellian said: The one in the middle of this cropped pic of my Chengjiang drawer... I thought that Chengjiang was off limits to the public? Unless you got there before UNESCO did. Hopefully there are a few Anomalocaridids left at the Kinzers for someone to find someday. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. E.T. Hall - opabinia "If It Can be Written or Thought, It can be Filmed." - Stanley Kubrick Cambrian and Quaternary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 1 hour ago, opabinia said: I thought that Chengjiang was off limits to the public? Unless you got there before UNESCO did. Hopefully there are a few Anomalocaridids left at the Kinzers for someone to find someday. Hopefully there are enough exposures... Where you can find an exposure of the rocks you can start to find the fossils. It just takes time and patience, and from what I know the only anomalocarids from the Kinzers came from the now defunct quarries that have been bulldozed into shopping centers and neighborhoods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opabinia Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 @EMP Yeah, I haven't been able to find very much info on the Getz Quarry (where the anomalocaris was found) besides the fossils that came from it... Its a shame that the location was destroyed before anyone could get to it like, *cough Walcott and the Burgess Shale cough* I guess my best bet it to research the Wheeler Shale, "House Range", for possible Anomalocaridids because to my knowledge that it the most apt spot for them in the United States. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. E.T. Hall - opabinia "If It Can be Written or Thought, It can be Filmed." - Stanley Kubrick Cambrian and Quaternary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Here's my Anomalocaridid Amplectobelua symbrachiata 525 - 505 million years old (Cambrian) Chengjiang Biota | Yunnan Province, China 1 Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 You're probably right that the Utah Cambrian is the best bet in the US to find examples. For Chengjiang material, I understand they recently have been expanding the 'No Collecting Zone' to include more of the productive area in Yunnan, meaning there has been legal collecting in surrounding areas so you can still find some stuff available from a certain seller on the usual website, but the selection has been getting slimmer and pricier, I guess because of the expanding Zone (or simple law of diminishing returns?). Andy, I recognize that one - ElToro's? Pretty nice. BTW I believe the most recent estimate for the age of Chengjiang is about 515my. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Wrangellian said: You're probably right that the Utah Cambrian is the best bet in the US to find examples. For Chengjiang material, I understand they recently have been expanding the 'No Collecting Zone' to include more of the productive area in Yunnan, meaning there has been legal collecting in surrounding areas so you can still find some stuff available from a certain seller on the usual website, but the selection has been getting slimmer and pricier, I guess because of the expanding Zone (or simple law of diminishing returns?). Andy, I recognize that one - ElToro's? Pretty nice. BTW I believe the most recent estimate for the age of Chengjiang is about 515my. Correct, El Toro's. It's a great specimen. Thanks for the info. Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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