Newbie_1971 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Where is it from? Looks like some species of Greenops. 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...
Newbie_1971 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 New York I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Are those air bubbles I see on the surface? If so, fake. If not, a beautiful specimen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 2 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: Are those air bubbles I see on the surface? If so, fake. If not, a beautiful specimen. No. Those would be pustules common on these trilobites. These are common enough that they wouldn't need to be faked, Mike. 3 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...
minnbuckeye Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 So a beautiful specimen! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, Newbie_1971 said: New York I believe Then definitely some form of Greenops. I'd label it Greenops sp. Maybe @piranha or @GerryK could narrow it down more? 1 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...
Kane Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Compare with Greenops widderensis. 2 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie_1971 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 Curious, why did you go with widderensis and not boothi? .. I am trying to learn, is why I am asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 1 minute ago, Newbie_1971 said: Curious, why did you go with widderensis and not boothi? .. I am trying to learn, is why I am asking. The shell color and shale color match perfectly with Greenops widderensis, And I agree With @Kane 1 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie_1971 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, trilobites_are_awesome said: The shell color and shale color match perfectly with Greenops widderensis, And I agree With @Kane So what is the difference in the 2? Like I mentioned before, I am trying to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotelus2883 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Take one with the light directly shining on it with little shadow. It looks like a NY Greenops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie_1971 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 29 minutes ago, Isotelus2883 said: Take one with the light directly shining on it with little shadow. It looks like a NY Greenops. Will do when I get home. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 9 hours ago, trilobites_are_awesome said: The shell color and shale color match perfectly with Greenops widderensis, And I agree With @Kane I'm wondering if the OP is looking for the morphological basis to identify the species? ID can't be based on location and/or colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 It will be on the basis of traits unique to the asteropyginae, such as lappet size, glabella shape, and genal spines. Location would be a tell, however, as if it is the case that this specimen was found in Ontario's Arkona area, there is only one species in the Widder (with a variant in the lower Hungry Hollow known as Stummiana arkonensis), but the matrix is not Hungry Hollow. G. boothi was once recorded here in Ontario, but that was back in the Stumm and Wright days. Location -- provenance -- matters a great deal, which is why buying blind is not the wisest practice. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie_1971 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 It is from New York.... like I have mentioned before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Ask the seller for more details, then. This is not hard. I don't understand this. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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