Caleb Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's a beauty! Caleb Midwestpaleo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 stunning Nathan, really.I am twice as psyched to spend some more time out there now... "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Georgeous fossil at the top of ones I want to find complete and actually have a chance of finding........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Gorgeous Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacialerratic Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yeah, that's a nice one Nathan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Awesome, excellent prep job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Silurian - Waldron Calymene My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Very nice... on my bucket list to hunt that formation........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 almost done :envy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Here is a new addition to my collection, have been wanting one of these for along time from Bundenbach: Name: Chotecops sp. Geologic Age: Devonian Location: Hunsruck Slate, Bundenbach, Germany Description: Very nice and VERY RARE!! This CLASSIC specimen measures approx. 2 cm long. It is stretched out in a backward arch that exposes 12 of it's legs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 That fir Nice line up of Trilobites in all the member entries of this topic string. I have some trilos that aren't necessarily my favorites; but I just got them today from my Prepper Bob Miles. I was WOWWED by his work. I found both plates at Disappointment Wash in Mallard Co. Utah this past May and Bob turned them around very quickly. One is a Monster sized Modocia typicalis. That first Modocia is stunning. "Disappointment Wash" is a misnomer. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 THAT'S A BIG ONE!!!!!! My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 WOW! That's a beauty! Thanks for posting that one, Fossilcrazy! 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...
trilobiteruss Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Wow fossilcrazy that is one awesome monster Modocia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendenfinder Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) Lots of magnificent trilobites guys! I couldn't pick between two (First one: Zacanthoides Idahoensis, Spence Shale Member, UT)(Second one: Utaspis Marjumensis, Marjum Formation, UT) Edited June 28, 2012 by Brendenfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Lots of magnificent trilobites guys! I couldn't pick between two (First one: Zacanthoides Idahoensis, Marjum Formation, UT)(Second one: Utaspis Marjumensis, Marjum Formation, UT) Both nice but I am partial to zaks! russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Zacanthoides grabaui, thats a bit of a rare bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendenfinder Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Ive been digging the Spence shale for years, its more than rare havent found one yet but hopefully one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 My favorite trilobite would be a Zacanthoides grabaui. I'm only a wannabe owner. Haven't found one, can't buy one. Yeah it is on my list as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Is there any more prep to be done on this Liberty Idaho trilobite I collected from the Spence.? Amacephalus idahoense. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Well I have been fortunate to enhance my collection of Cambrian bugs, so this and next few are sharing this enhancement with you all...... Tricrepicephalus coria Order Ptychopariida, Family Tricrepicephalidae Upper Cambrian Weeks Formation, House Range, Millard County, Utah Edited July 7, 2012 by dinoruss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) New acquisition number 2 this is a 5 incher look at pop can for scale. This is a biggie, have wanted one of these large Olenoids for some time. This is a sweet specimen with bite mark also in lower left... Olenoides superbus Order Corynexochida, Family Dorypygidae Middle Cambrian Marjum Formation, House Range, Millard County, Utah Edited July 6, 2012 by dinoruss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Specimen number 3 a very, very rare trilobite, did not even imagine I would be acquiring this special specimen! Only a handful of complete ones out there and I snagged one of them, kinda a a dream I never thought I would meet, sorta exciting to me... Peachella iddingsi Walcott, 1884) Carrara Formation, Echo Shale Member, Late Lower Cambrian Tecopa Hot Springs, California Edited July 7, 2012 by dinoruss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Any one of these so far would have been enough, but number 4 and final in what I got today for trilobites is this slab of 4 beauties on one. This is a special specimen I first saw this I was drooling at the time, now it is in my collection, and I love the Zaks and this one is one of the best I have ever seen, almost a work of art, and I share it with you... Take a look at this wonderful Middle Cambrian Zacanthoides liddelli plate from the Chisholm Shale of Pioche, Nevada. It is very unusual to find a multi-specimen plate from the Chisholm Shale. They are almost always found as individual fossils. This plate has four! Three are dorsal and one is ventral. The three dorsal ones have the axial spines. I personally have never seen a more magnificent trilobite plate come from Nevada. Take note of the colorful and typical banding which is runs through all the trilobites. It is most certainly the best to ever come from the Chisholm Shale. The trilobites are all between 2.5 and 4 cm. The plate size is 13 x 12 cm.As far as I know nothing like this has ever come out of the Chisholm. You never see multis come out of there, and the Zacs with axial spines have only been prepped out in the last couple of years. Maybe two or three total. I believe that these may be the best four specimens known of this just recently named species of Zacanthoides!!! This new species of Zacanthoides liddelli is primarily characterized by its spinal morphology, which includes long genal spines, moderately long intergenal spines, a long axial spine on thoracic segment 8, and short medial spines on the occipital ring and thoracic rings other than the eighth. UPATE: Not that it matters for the coolness of this plate, but a number of good western trilobite collectors I know who have seen this told me that they think this is not Zacanthoides liddelli Robison and Babcock 2011 but a variety of Z typicalis which is very similar and that two resemble the description and to vary closer to typicalis, so this may be a variant of typicalis rather than a distinct species, depends on if you are a lumper or splitter it seems! Interesting so I will be looking more in to this for fun of it! Looking at descriptions I find these specimens sorta bridge the features of the two described species, maybe more variants to the genus than we knew? Zacanthoides typicalis (Walcott, 1886) Order Corynexochida, Family Zacanthoididae (specimen originally id'd as Zacanthoides liddelli Robison and Babcock 2011 but this may be invalid species) Chisholm Shale, Middle Cambrian Pioche, Nevada. Edited July 7, 2012 by dinoruss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Drool That 4 Zak plate is amazing. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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