Hans Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hi to all forum, can somebody help me with this? is a big trilobite? is from a friend of mine and he want to put it in Ebay but no clue what is the name, some restauration done. 14" x 17" Thanks for your help!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I haven't a clue. Any ideal as to it's age... Ordovician-Silurian??? It looks similar to Isotelus sp, but those genal spines??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robii Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 i'll take it off your hand pm me the price if you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Looks like it might be an Illaenus sp., from the Ordovician of Russia. "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...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I've never seen one like this before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Looks like it might be an Illaenus sp., from the Ordovician of Russia. I also kind of thought that, and it is a common Ord. trilobite in North America, but the pygidium looks as though it has pleural furrows. Though, everything else looks like it??? Whatever it is, it is some kind of isotelinid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 It's a Moroccan Asaphus trilobite. I have seen several of these over the years at the Tucson show. None of the specimens I looked at were reasonably priced considering that they were primarily putty. The genial spines come in a fair variety of fanciful shapes resembling a mustache and if you search for mustache trilobite or “Mustache” (or "Moustache") Asaphus you will find several for sale with what I consider inflated prices. There are more or less real specimens available but I would personally make sure there was a rock solid (no pun intended) return guarantee and check the specimen with a UV A or B lamp, not a "black light" like some people used for posters "back in the day". From what I have seen in Tucson you can probably expect to pay $800 plus for one that is 90%+ real. I rarely buy Moroccan trilobites any more but if you want to get a deal on some fancy trilobites go to the Tuscon show and deal directly with the Moroccans. Haggle with the dealer until he won't go any lower and then break out the portable UV lamp for amazing price cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 ^^The glabella and the pygidium look wrong for Asaphus. See Asaphus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 ^^The glabella and the pygidium look wrong for Asaphus. Could we be seeing some "artistic license"? "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...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Could we be seeing some "artistic license"? I don't think so. Check the glabellular suture, and the axial ridge along the pygidium. But, who knows??? Too, I'm thinking it is a North American piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 This is what it reminds me of, with a little modification. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...en-USUS297US303 It's the only XL bug I have seen with the "mustache" but I am no expert in trilobites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl O'Cles Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Looks fake to me. The cracks on the stone don't line up with the ones on the trilo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 ^^You made me look. It appears that some do, and others don't. Too, look at the glabella; it is not symmetric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 hey, now watch it. i'm not all that symmetrical myself. look. <holding face near monitor> some of that was caused by a baseball, though, not bondo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 It looks like a "man made" Asaphus sp. Moustache, a new specie from Morocco, still fully undescribed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I agree with MOROPUS. I used to go to the Tucson show every year for a number of years and believe me, Ive been taken more than once, but it was the best and fastest way to learn. I hope your friend doesnt get too upset, but that thing looks like its had lots and lots of help from man. Good luck though. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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