toddmeyer Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Bugs and more. If anyone can give specifics on what we found it would be great. This was a first time experience for my girlfriend and she found a nice curled bug she worked out of the rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Where were these found and what size are they? Congratulations on the successful hunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Looks like a dipleura possibly. Congratulations! Great finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douvilleiceras Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 1. Can you please post some clearer photos of the first trilobite? It would greatly help in assigning a definitive genus to your specimen. 2. The pygidum is certainly of the Family Acastidae (Order Phacopida), matching the description of Greenops. 3. As for the cephalon, the shape of the glabella points to the Devonian period Homalonotid trilobite Dipleura dekayi. 4. This appears to be an isolated and fragmented spine or pleura, which I cannot conclusively identify. 1 Regards, Jason "Trilobites survived for a total of three hundred million years, almost the whole duration of the Palaeozoic era: who are we johnny-come-latelies to label them as either ‘primitive’ or ‘unsuccessful’? Men have so far survived half a per cent as long." - Richard Fortey, Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Nice finds! Love a nice trilo agree with everything @Douvilleiceras Said except the last might be a brachiopod mold. I'd say greenops is rather safe for the pygidia. Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I agree with the others. 1st one is either an Edredgeops, or Greenops. - Would need to see a cephalon or pygidium to be sure. 2nd one is a Greenops pygidium. 3rd one is a Dipleura dekayi cephalon. Last one is a pleura from a Dipleura dekayi. Neat finds. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
toddmeyer Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 13 hours ago, ynot said: Where were these found and what size are they? Congratulations on the successful hunt! They are from seven stars Pennsylvania. The first one is about a half inch. The second is about a third of an inch. The others are about 1.5 inches 12 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Nice finds! Love a nice trilo agree with everything @Douvilleiceras Said except the last might be a brachiopod mold. I'd say greenops is rather safe for the pygidia. The last one appeared to be attached the one before it until it broke trying to free the matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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