Nandomas Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) Hi everyone Pygopes are among my favorite fossils. I know they are pretty common in Alpes region, in France and in Spain. During the last 20 years, I found just one, in France. My Pygope is from BARREMIAN Edited August 1, 2010 by Fossili Veraci Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) Do you know if are Pygopes in the continental Usa? The Other Pygope pictures are from Elche Museum, Spain Edited August 1, 2010 by Fossili Veraci Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 I've never heard of them before now; had to go to Google just to learn that they are a brachiopod "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) More pictures from Verona Museum: Edited August 1, 2010 by Fossili Veraci Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Wow, great fossils and really odd shapes. What do the internals look like? I've never heard of any over on this side of the pond, in fact the only genera I've seen that even looks like one is Dicoelosia bilboa. It's found in the Early Devonian Birdsong formation of Tennessee and the Haragan formation of Oklahoma. Here are two specimens I found in my Haragan fm. mix and only ID'ed a few days ago. They are tiny guys, only 5-7 mm in width. Some other pics of the species can be found here: Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society Global Biodiversity Information Facility -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) Shamalama... nice brachs Here a Pygope pubblication: http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/Content.Node/forschung/geologie/mitarbeiter/pdfs/Lukeneder_2002_Pygope.pdf Edited August 1, 2010 by Fossili Veraci Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 (edited) Anothe Pygope from Nothern Italy exposed at Eichstätt Museum in Germany Edited November 8, 2010 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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