Pseudogygites Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Greetings again TTF! The Billings formation is just filled with stuff that I can't identify! This time, I have found some glossy, cylinder-shaped things in the Billings Shale. I know that conodont elements are known from some parts Ontario and Quebec, but I think that it might be a belemnite as well. They seen to be associated with crinoid stems, brachiopods, and one Pseudogygites Lantimarginatus pygidium. They are each roughly one centimetre long. They are in the centre of the first picture and the second picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDye Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 You'll have to indicate where with another photo, as I don't see what you are seeing. Also, it could not be a belemnite because they only arrived in the Mesozoic. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Crinoid split through the middle? 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I wonder if they are broken pieces pleura from the Pseudogygites trilobites? 3 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...
Pseudogygites Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Sorry. Here are some more pictures with a pencil for scale and indication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: I wonder if they are broken pieces pleura from the Pseudogygites trilobites? That's exactly what they are. Here is an example of those pleura lined up, cropped from a full Pseudogygites latimarginatus: 6 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudogygites Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Wow! Thank you all! My guesses weren't even close! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 38 minutes ago, Pseudogygites said: Wow! Thank you all! My guesses weren't even close! XD Our pleasure. Given the massive abundance of trilobite moults in that shale, it is a little like a jigsaw puzzle that has been tossed on the floor. Tons of little disarticulated bits. It might be helpful, for a little while, if you carry a little printed picture of Pseudogygites and one of Triarthrus with you when you dig, just to check the pieces against the pictures (just like the box cover of a jigsaw puzzle!). It won't take you long to be able to identify even the tiniest fragments automatically. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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