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Arthropleura


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On 6/18/2011 at 2:36 PM, Microplax said:

Sorry to say not my find. :angry:

Auction site  - from Poland.

I think you got it from the same seller as me...I remember that one! ;)

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I think you got it from the same seller as me...I remember that one! ;)

Well if you see anymore 'Goodens'... Tell me first ;)

Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... :)

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  • 2 weeks later...

There's only one thing that doesn't make sence... :blink: I've heard that there are a number of different species of arthropleura, but the only one everyone talks about is A. Armata.

I've been able to find a few nondescriptive references on the web about a small species named A. Moyseyi.

There must be more...does anyone know of any other species? B)

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TMNH.... The sample of this material in the fossil record is so small and very often only fragments of the armour are found I would of thought it very diffiult to say for sure about different species... I has not heard of A. Moyseyi. to be honest :) ... Thanks for enlightening me... We could do with some reconstruction diagrams to explain the differences ;)

Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... :)

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7 minutes ago, FossilFinder1.0 said:

I just found a fossil today, which I 95% believe is a arthropleura fossil today. The image is blurry, but from what I can see, it looks like a match for an arthropleura. It seems I have found a baby-sized end fossil of one. I was just picking through on my property like I always do at a my large shale deposit here in Northeastern Pennsylvania and found it among the many shells and little worm burrows/tunnels. I was quite surprised, noticing how different it was from the shells, so I decided to do some research and the arthropleura popped up. I saw images and compared my fossil to others and noticed great similarity which led me to conclude that it was part of a very young arthropleura. I now see that they are quite rare, which makes me wonder how many more could be underneath the rocks. Where I found it was below a small cliff that includes much shale, where I go fossil-hunting at least five times a week. I have a massive collection of fossils I have found from there, but this small.fragment of a small arthropleura is my best specimen. 

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Definetley not arthropleura,

That is the pygidium of a trilobite in the genus Greenops.

They are common in certain parts of NE Pennsylvania

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Continuing with this theme from years ago, here I show some examples of Arthropleura from my collection that I have found in the north of Spain.

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