Anyone identify our Fossils?

[MacUser]

Does anyone know what our fossils are? I took these pictures last night.
One is almost complete with super detail. Really Amazing.

[DaJudge]

I'm pretty sure it's that thing that crawled into Chekov's ear on Ceti Alpha V in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".

[Gerald Creasy]

Trilobites probably
Diacalymene ouzregul

I had almost identical that was labeled (discovered in Morrocco)

I have quite a collection. My favorite being the Andalusia and the Elrathia Kingii

I have very nice examples of each in my collection.

[pastorables]

How big are these fossils? It looks like rattlesnake rattlers?

[macgulley]

Trilobites, and very nice ones, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite

[macgulley]

I see Gerald beat me to it.

[MacUser]

Thanks guys. Finally a name for them, Trilobites! They have a weird Egyptian feel.

I have other inverted relief samples in rocks also.. but these were the best of the group. The complete one on the right is about the size 50 cent coin? Appox. 1-3/8" long or greater..

The one in the back is a much larger incomplete one.

[Gerald Creasy]

Thanks guys. Finally a name for them, Trilobites! They have a weird Egyptian feel.

I have other inverted relief samples in rocks also.. but these were the best of the group. The complete one on the right is about the size 50 cent coin? Appox. 1-3/8" long or greater..

The one in the back is a much larger incomplete one.

These things roll up like roly-poly bugs and sometimes you can find this type fossilized in a ball.

Do you mind if I ask where you obtained them??

They do seem to be good quality for that type of trilobite.

If you want an eye opener do a search for trilobite on Ebay you can see the hundreds of types and can pick them up for a few bucks to thousands depending on the quality.

Scientists tell us that these were fossils WHEN DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH!

They also say they no longer exist, but, personally I'm hoping they'll turn up like the coelocanth.

[MacUser]

My pastor gave my kids this box of rocks (two to be exact) that he himself got from another older gentleman that collected unique rocks his entire life as he worked on the railroad.

If you are familiar with the white rocks... that are common around train tracks.. these were literally inside of some as they were crushed etc. Or this is my assumption based on the evidence and history.

I've not made it to the bottom of the box yet.. so it's no telling what lies inside.

[Gerald Creasy]

My pastor gave my kids this box of rocks (two to be exact) that he himself got from another older gentleman that collected unique rocks his entire life as he worked on the railroad.

If you are familiar with the white rocks... that are common around train tracks.. these were literally inside of some as they were crushed etc. Or this is my assumption based on the evidence and history.

I've not made it to the bottom of the box yet.. so it's no telling what lies inside.

That's interesting and based on the condition and type hard for me to believe. If the older man collected rocks I would have to say he got them from other places than the railroad.

[MacUser]

That one in the back is embedded into a white crushed rock. I'll take a snapshot of others and that specific one and post soon.

[MacUser]

Here are the two boxes of fossils and rocks that were given. All sorts of fossils are inside.




These were in the top of the second box and my kids call them Treasure!



It's another several pound (super heavy) small chunk of silver metal ore of some sort also not shown. I'm going to get a grinder a hold of it and see if it's shiney silver metal on the inside.

Thanks for looking. God Bless.

[Gerald Creasy]

I still find it hard to believe that those were found along a railroad track.
Truthfully, my knowledge is limited, but those trilobites.....if they were canines it's like saying you found a hyena in the USA...a fox, a coyote a dog yes but a hyena?

I could be wrong.

I've identified what I could from your picture. In my picture below where I wrote the word LARGE it looks like a bivalve or a blastoid...I can't really see.

[MacUser]

Thanks Gerald. Very interesting. Sorry I can only relate the past of them based on whom I received them from. Anything is possible from the original collector.

Btw.. there are several chunks that are compacted shells. Odd with splits and appear to be black carbon on the reverse sides. Trilobites are seen also in some. I have several examples of this. The black carbon appears to be the creatures themselves. Have you ever seen any of that?

[Gerald Creasy]

Thanks Gerald. Very interesting. Sorry I can only relate the past of them based on whom I received them from. Anything is possible from the original collector.

Btw.. there are several chunks that are compacted shells. Odd with splits and appear to be black carbon on the reverse sides. Trilobites are seen also in some. I have several examples of this. The black carbon appears to be the creatures themselves. Have you ever seen any of that?

I don't know. I'll try to identify anything you want to show me.

I used to haunt the fossil festivals at the Louisville Falls- one of the largest fossil beds in the USA.

Around here we find conical cephalopods, or sections of them, bivalves, sponges, shells, and corals. I've discovered several nice horn corals.