Guest Nicholas Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 A friend bought this from a rock shop in the UK, it is an odd looking bug perhaps someone can give an id? Edit: It was id'ed by the dealer as Metacanthina, I think it may be incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I am looking at this and the discoloration in the matrix close to the animal suggests that this might be a composite piece. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I am looking at this and the discoloration in the matrix close to the animal suggests that this might be a composite piece. I'm afraid of that as well that's why I thought it best to post here about it. See what the majority thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I vouch for "composite". You can see artificial parts in both the cephalon and the pygidium, in addition to which you can also see a big separation of two matrixes in the middle of the thorax. Metacanthina would probably be as close as you could get to identifying this fossil, as it is as we say F.U.B.A.R... kind regards, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 It's from the Fubar Province in Morocco "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...
fossil_femme Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 It's from the Fubar Province in Morocco yes, i believe it to be some species of Fubarus. ( but seriously... for anyone that doesn't already know, there is actually a fossil fish called Fubarichthys... so named because it's skull is often preserved in a state beyond recognition. ) "don’t you lock up something that you wanted to see fly..." chris cornell / soundgarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 And here I was thinking it was a typical Moroccan Fakeops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 And here I was thinking it was a typical Moroccan Fakeops. Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdpaulhus Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 This is a Hollardops (probably mesocristata) from the Devonian of Morocco - or a facsimile thereof. This genus used to be called Metacanthina. These trilobites are very easy to prepare as the rock is slightly softer than what normally surrounds other Moroccan bugs so to have one this poorly done wouldn't be a good indication that it is 100% real. I have attached a couple of pictures of one that I collected myself south of Foum Zguid in Morocco and prepared using air abrasive. Note the eyes- these trilobites have great detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Very nice! The eye is incredible. Your prep work is really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_femme Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 And here I was thinking it was a typical Moroccan Fakeops. heh heh heh... great!! "don’t you lock up something that you wanted to see fly..." chris cornell / soundgarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 A friend bought this from a rock shop in the UK, it is an odd looking bug perhaps someone can give an id?Edit: It was id'ed by the dealer as Metacanthina, I think it may be incorrect. "A friend bought this" Its ok Nicholas at first it looked real to me too. So how much did you pay for this thing? fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRaddict_1 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 A friend bought this from a rock shop in the UK, it is an odd looking bug perhaps someone can give an id? Edit: It was id'ed by the dealer as Metacanthina, I think it may be incorrect. That poor Trilo looks in bad shape . Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 ^Yeah, the imperfection is one reason to think it might be mostly genuine. "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...
Nicholas Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 ^Yeah, the imperfection is one reason to think it might be mostly genuine. I've thought that too. I've given him the ... EDIT: deleted.. guide and he is going to test some stuff himself. I feel bad because this was his first trilobite, and he was so excited over it.. It is still the perfect piece to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Looks to me like its two peices of the same species of trilo put together and then put onto a piece of limestone. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRaddict_1 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Are the number of segments in the thorax correct ? To few for that species ? Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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