Wrangellian Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 14 hours ago, piranha said: Even with the assist from Vanna White....you're still only almost there! Chatterton, B.D.E., Gibb, S. 2016 Furongian (Upper Cambrian) Trilobites from the McKay Group, Bull River Valley, Near Cranbrook, Southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana, 35:1-275 This says Wujijania, not Wujiajania... Which one is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Wujiajiania lyndasmithae is the correct spelling: just as presented in the solved Wheel of Fortune puzzle. As luck would have it, the authors failed to label that particular figure correctly. In my haste, I inadvertently pasted their misspelled label to the figure. If only I had a nickel for every occurrence of all the misspelled taxa....Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 12 hours ago, piranha said: Wujiajiania lyndasmithae is the correct spelling: just as presented in the solved Wheel of Fortune puzzle. As luck would have it, the authors failed to label that particular figure correctly. In my haste, I inadvertently pasted their misspelled label to the figure. If only I had a nickel for every occurrence of all the misspelled taxa....Go figure! Man... Its a minefield for people trying to find correct spellings for things, if even scientific publications get them wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 (edited) Trilobite #363 is a bonus trilobite. W is for Wendorfia plana, of Early Devonian age (late Emsian) from Bou Lachrhal, Morocco. This is the third member of the Homalonotidae in this alphabet group and the most typical of the three. The carapace is domed and smooth, with most evidence of trilobation gone, and the head has the classic Homalonotid profile. This was almost certainly a borrowing trilobite. This has less restoration than these bugs usually have, about 1% on the left side of the thorax. Edited March 13 by rew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 *Wenndorfia plana 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 10 hours ago, Wrangellian said: Man... Its a minefield for people trying to find correct spellings for things, if even scientific publications get them wrong! In defense of the authors of this massive 275 page publication: The name Wujiajiania appears a total of 193 times. It was spelled correctly 192 times. Ironically, poor Lynda Smith got the short straw again. The name Wujiajiania is certainly a tongue twister and a jumble of J's and vowels....it's a miracle they only misspelled it once! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Lynda Smith has the misfortune of me thinking her name was Linda Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 10 hours ago, piranha said: In defense of the authors of this massive 275 page publication: The name Wujiajiania appears a total of 193 times. It was spelled correctly 192 times. Ironically, poor Lynda Smith got the short straw again. The name Wujiajiania is certainly a tongue twister and a jumble of J's and vowels....it's a miracle they only misspelled it once! Well twice in that image you posted yesterday at 10:03, but yes, I'll grant you that, and that so many sci names nowadays come from not just the usual Latin and Greek elements but from Chinese and anything else, besides the unusual spellings of common names like Lynda for Linda. Where's that emoji you use? Edited March 14 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Wrangellian said: Well twice in that image you posted yesterday at 10:03... As I mentioned, they only misspelled it one time. In order to post a simplified diagram: I used a cloned label that was placed underneath fig. 'A' in photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 7 hours ago, piranha said: As I mentioned, they only misspelled it one time. In order to post a simplified diagram: I used a cloned label that was placed underneath fig. 'A' in photoshop. Oh, I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Trilobite #364 is a main trilobite. W is for Walliserops trifurcatus of Middle Devonian age from the Timrhanrhart Formation at Foum Ziguid, Morocco. This is the third member of the Acastidae to reach main trilobite status in this alphabet, and it's not the least of them. I have no idea what that long trident rostrum was used for. The New York Times said this looks like a dinner fork designed by Salvador Dali. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 12 hours ago, rew said: Trilobite #364 is a main trilobite. W is for Walliserops trifurcatus of Middle Devonian age from the Timrhanrhart Formation at Foum Ziguid, Morocco. This is the third member of the Acastidae to reach main trilobite status in this alphabet, and it's not the least of them. I have no idea what that long trident rostrum was used for. The New York Times said this looks like a dinner fork designed by Salvador Dali. Wonderful! Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyW Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 This week is brought to you by the letter X. There will be two bonus trilobites. The three trilobites come from three different continents. (Posted for REW, whose internet is down!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Trilobite of the week #365 is a bonus trilobite. X is for Xystridura saint-smithi. The first specimen is small, about 2.5 cm long. The second specimen is 7 cm long but is a molt. This Redlichid is my only Australian trilobite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 10 hours ago, rew said: X is for Xystridura saint-smithi. Accordining to Öpik 1975: Xystridura saintsmithi is a synonym of Xystridura templetonensis. "The synonymy of Xystridura templetonensis was discussed on pp. 28-29. Xystridura templetonensis is identified here as that species from Beetle Creek sites that has three pygidial axial annulations; in accepting this I follow Whitehouse (1939), who described in similar terms the same species under the name of Xystridura saintsmithi (Chapman)." Öpik, A.A. 1975 Templetonian and Ordian Xystridurid Trilobites of Australia. Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin, 121:1-84 PDF LINK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Okay, then, Xystridura templetonensis it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Trilobite of the week #366 is a bonus trilobite. X is for Xiphogonium trautensteinensis of Early Devonian age (Late Emsian Stage) from the Abadia Formation at Palencia Province, Cantabria, northern Spain. I previously posted a Moroccan Xiphogonium that has since been placed in the subspecies Xiphogonium trautensteinensis crassus. But this is the original Xiphogonium trautensteinensis from Spain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 trilobites.info is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 (edited) Trilobite of the week #357 is a main trilobite. X is for Xylabion sp. of Middle Ordovician age from the Kirkfield Formation in the Lake Simcoe area, Ontario, Canada. This is a complete but not perfect specimen, the left free cheek is smashed into the head. As compensation for this, the hypostome is exposed. Edited March 22 by rew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, rew said: X is for Xylabion sp. This one is still in limbo awaiting a formal description. An upcoming revision of the North American Cheiruridae will hopefully address this taxon in the not-too-distant future. Isotalo, P.A. 2015 Ordovician Trilobites of Southern Ontario, Canada and the Surrounding Region: An Illustrated Guide. Siri Scientific Press, 224 pp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 If this isn't actually a Xylabion, then the Spanish Xiphogonium trautensteinensis becomes the official main X trilobite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 This week is brought to you by the letter Y. There will be one bonus trilobite. Both trilobites are from China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 I note that the AMNH trilobite gallery has a Xylabion from Ontario, but they put the name in sneer quotes -- "Xylabion". It looks like when this all gets sorted out it won't be an X trilobite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Trilobite #358 is a bonus trilobite. Y is for Yinites sp. of Early Cambrian age from the Hongjingshao Formation at Malong, Yunnan, China. This is an off white trilobite on an off white rock so the contrast sucks. And most of the left genal spine is broken off. Still, readily seen is the main feature of this trilobite -- the long pygidal spines, a very unusual feature on a Redlichid. (Macropleural spines are common enough in that order, but spines on the pygidium are not.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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