New Members ohs Posted November 2, 2007 New Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Hi, Im new around here *waves* I live in Arizona, heres some pics of a couple things Im curious about, I found them on a cliff/mountain at about 6000 ft. The bigger piece has quite a few brachiopods, but the thing circled in red I am not sure what it is. The other item is yellow and looks like it has little pours all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Hi, Im new around here *waves*I live in Arizona, heres some pics of a couple things Im curious about, I found them on a cliff/mountain at about 6000 ft. The bigger piece has quite a few brachiopods, but the thing circled in red I am not sure what it is. The other item is yellow and looks like it has little pours all over. Welcome to the forum! The matrix fossil is the pygidium (tail shield) of a trilobite. The yellow item is either petrified palm wood or is the skeleton of a colonial animal, probably a bryozoan. Some magnification might help you decide between the two. (I think colonial animal is the best guess if the pores are actually open.) ------Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members ohs Posted November 2, 2007 Author New Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 awesome, thanks for the help. Took a look at the yellow fossil again and the pores on the bottom seem to be open, but not on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 awesome, thanks for the help. Took a look at the yellow fossil again and the pores on the bottom seem to be open, but not on top. Well, "top" is where they should be open if it were a colonial animal. Petrified palm wood becomes the best guess. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 without knowing the age i am going to try a guess at the type of trilobite. it could be related to the phillipsidae. which was one of the last surviving families. just a guess that might help you to identify it completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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