Krazy Rick Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I haven't gone hunting yet, but plan to soon, I was just curious ..... when a rock is split & there is a Positive & negative on both sides, ( I suppose you would keep both halves ? ) .... is the actual animal in there ? ...... also, is it fairly hard to find these complete ..... or is reconstruction, more likely ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 If it's a split, keep both halves. Eyes and spines have a tendancy to break off, so if you have both halves, they can be glued back together and prepped revealing a (hopefully) complete trilobite. If everything is there and articulated, you have the remains of a complete trilobite. If there's disarticulation, missing free cheeks or other parts, it could be a moult. Some species are much more likely to be found than others, and enrolled specimens are much more common than prone. It all depends where you're looking There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 If it's a split, keep both halves. Eyes and spines have a tendancy to break off, so if you have both halves, they can be glued back together and prepped revealing a (hopefully) complete trilobite. If everything is there and articulated, you have the remains of a complete trilobite. If there's disarticulation, missing free cheeks or other parts, it could be a moult. Some species are much more likely to be found than others, and enrolled specimens are much more common than prone. It all depends where you're looking Thanks much, it can be overwhelming to t least learn some of these basics - this is all pretty new to me; but I am enjoying it so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Years ago, I collected a Devonian mudstone road-cut in Virginia, full of 3-D Phacops trilobites and Mucrospirifer brachiopods. Everything split out to render positives and negatives, but they were internal and external casts; the shells having dissolved away eons ago. In this case, it would be a push to say that the "whole animals" were present, but they were terrific in their own way. "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...
Bev Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 "it can be overwhelming to t least learn some of these basics" I hear that Krazy Rick! Me too! Just keep hanging around and have FUN! Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Thanks Auspex for that info & thankyou Bev for the much needed moral support !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonsian Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 There are lots of good videos on youtube to help you learn about fossils. Between TFF, youtube, and Google you can find almost anything you want to know. Have fun and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Dry Dredgers has some good Youtube videos on fossil topics "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonsian Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I totally agree. Their Cincinnati road cut trips make me drool. And they have an introduction to fossil hunting lecture that gave me some good pointers when I started out. Their channel name is Flying Science If I remember right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Thanks guys & yes, I've been looking around & looked at the Dry Dredgers site - really good stuff !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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