t-tree Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Rained all day yesterday in my part of Derbyshire UK but i decided with my dog in tow to walk a stream where until recently there was an opencast pit,i was finding a few small nodules which i was splitting as i went along with not much luck and though the dog and myself were quite soggy i was enjoying looking,then i split a nodule and was rewarded with this small Cyclus. Upper Carboniferous Cyclus. I was wet but happy John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Wonderful! I'd be wet but happy in finding that, whether there was a stream handy or not! "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...
jpc Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 cool... so what sort of creature is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Nice detail - more than I see on most Mazon specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 cool... so what sort of creature is it? A favorite of mine: LINK "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...
DE&i Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hi John, really nice....i have some Victorian plates of them somewhere , is it true they are associated with Horseshoe crabs. Darren. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 John.... Excellent specimen.... Nice find.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hi Darren...There was an early interpretation as a larva of a horseshoe crab also later as a parasitic fish lice(crustacean) and as a plant eater,i like to think of it as a plant eater/scavenger. Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Very cool find, John! Thanks for posting this. 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...
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