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To: Chode

Beautiful trilobite....Rana pipiens. When fossilized coiled it looks like a frog. Just beautiful. Devonian


56 posted on 07/30/2007 7:14:32 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: Texas Songwriter

Sure you are not talking about the Phacops Rana, Silica, Ohio (Devonian I believe)?

You have got to check out its eyelens. Scores of them are visible in a good specimen.

There are great Moroccan trilobites on the market that are very inexpensive. My kids got me an Ollenellus that is about 10 inches long for about $75 in Alexandria, Va.

I once wanted to buy a Moroccan ammonoid, but it cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, weighed about 300 pounds, and was the size of a squashed Volkswagen. It would not fit in my car or in my house. Oh the pity.

Elrathi kingi are kinda cute for little critters.

Good digging!


59 posted on 07/30/2007 7:24:43 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Madmax, the Grinning Reaper)
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