Raysun Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Found in Silver City New Mexico Greetings, I was looking to get an I D or more specifically a species. The entire specimen measures 10.71 cm x7.62 . It's the first find of it's kind for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 It appears to be a proetid. Was this found in situ? From my dim recollection in reading a very brief bit about the Silver City area, there are Mississippian limestones and the Devonian Percha shales. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Cropped and rotated: 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...
Raysun Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, Kane said: It appears to be a proetid. Was this found in situ? From my dim recollection in reading a very brief bit about the Silver City area, there are Mississippian limestones and the Devonian Percha shales. Yes it was and you would be correct on the stratigraphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Trilobites are incredibly rare in the Percha, so I think this would be from the Lake Valley Formation (lower Mississippian), which also matches the lithology. I'll see if I can find the paper on Lake Valley trilobites later, if @piranhadoesn't beat me to it, which is always what happens. Nice find BTW. There's lots of fun fossil hunting to be done in the Silver City area, especially in the Devonian, Mississippian, and Cretaceous, plus probably some other ages. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Lower Mississippian Trilobites from Southern New Mexico. 1 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...
Raysun Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: Trilobites are incredibly rare in the Percha, so I think this would be from the Lake Valley Formation (lower Mississippian), which also matches the lithology. I'll see if I can find the paper on Lake Valley trilobites later, if @piranhadoesn't beat me to it, which is always what happens. Nice find BTW. There's lots of fun fossil hunting to be done in the Silver City area, especially in the Devonian, Mississippian, and Cretaceous, plus probably some other ages. Don Thank you, first trilobite find for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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