Scylla Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Look through the slide show of some living marine creatures. I see a crinoid, bryzoans, trilobite, Hallucigenia ... http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/10/04/science/20101005-marinecensus.html?ref=science and this http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/gallery/image/11181-picture-126jpg/ among others... (I know it is not really a trilobite, but it is as close as I've seen alive) What do you see? Edited October 6, 2010 by Scylla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleozoicfish Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I don't really see the trilobite or Hallucinogenia. I suppose you are just looking for things that look similar and not relatives. Real Living Fossil: THE COELACANTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritageFossils Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Another living fossil, the Crinoid! -YvW Next fossil auction: June 6th, 2010 - Beverly Hills, CA http://historical.ha.com/NaturalHistory/ Check out our auctions and past auctions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procynosuchus Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 The platypus, Ornithorinchus Anatinus. not really a living fossil, but it's as close as you can get to a therapsid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Look through the slide show of some living marine creatures. I see a crinoid, bryzoans, trilobite, Hallucigenia ... http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/10/04/science/20101005-marinecensus.html?ref=science and this http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/gallery/image/11181-picture-126jpg/ among others... (I know it is not really a trilobite, but it is as close as I've seen alive) What do you see? Sorry but trilos went out the door millions of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhk Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) This was found recently in a deep remote woods in Australia. Trilobite???? I do think so. I want one. lol Edited October 6, 2010 by dhk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmytee Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 i was just going to say coelocanth! by the way, vampyroteuthis infernalis has been my favorite modern invert for a LONG time I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~ E. B. White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinLarry Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) Anyone ever have Triops? They are awesome, pretty close to a trilobite if you ask me. I just hatched four of them, I have one left because he ate the others.. hahaa.. He's getting bigger but nowhere near as big as the first pic. I'll get a pic once he gets to about an inch or so.. Edited October 7, 2010 by CousinLarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Ahoy Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Yes, crinoids, and not just those "feather stars", but their stalked cousins are also still around. Giant marine isopods and even stromatolites Oh, and since I find so many fossil jaw pieces of them, let's throw in the ratfish, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Stromatolites are pretty much the Methuselah of life on earth! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procynosuchus Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Giant marine isopods this critter must be very juicy when properly cooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Crocs and gators? If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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