Tag: trilobite
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Trilobite Tuesday #13: Trilobite Conga Line
Clues to animal behavior are very rare in the fossil record. However, a Moroccan fossil of 22 small trilobites might provide some of the earliest evidence. These trilobites lived about 480 million years ago. And, their lineup might be a display of complex social behavior long before it was expected. The details appear in a…
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Trilobite Tuesday #12: Trilobite Fakes
This is Trilobite Tuesday post #12. —————————————- This is a completely faked trilobite assemblage, with all individual trilobites made of resin on an underlying plastic film and all mounted on real limestone matrix; the castings are of: Leonaspis, Walliserops, Crotalocephalus, Paralejurus, and something unidentified on top (left image), and Odontochile, Psychopyge, Phacops and Scutellum (right image). Photography:…
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Trilobite Tuesday #11: Richard Fortey on Palaeocast
If you have most than a passing interest in trilobites, you’ve certainly heard of Richard Fortey. He’s one of the foremost researchers of trilobites in the world. He fell in love with trilobites at age 14. He’s appeared in a bunch of BBC nature programs in recent years and written numerous books on paleontology, including…
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Trilobite Tuesday #10: Trilobite Spines
The American Museum of Natural History has a great trilobite website with information and pictures that do a thorough job describing trilobites. Today, we are going to highlight the Trilobite Spines page. From the very beginning of their history up to the end, armor was a big component of trilobite anatomy. First, they had a calcium…
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Fossil Friday #8: Trilobites from St. Paul Quarry
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #8. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! —————————————————– Trilobites from the St. Paul Stone…
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Trilobite Tuesday #9: PBS Eons “The Trouble With Trilobites”
The PBS Eons channel on Youtube has new videos about once a week. If you love paleontology or have just a passing interest in paleontology, you will love the videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji2VnQFUCs Enjoy this past episode of PBS Eons. It’s all about the trilobites! Trilobites are famous not just because they were so beautifully functional, or…
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Trilobite Tuesday #8: Trilobite State Fossils
Please note: most of the information used here came from the State Fossil page on Fossilera. It has information on all the state fossils, including state dinosaurs and state “stones”. They have nice pictures and a brief description with links for each one. All but seven states have state fossils. There are three types of trilobite that…
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Trilobite Tuesday #7: When Trilobites Ruled the World
It’s a few years old… March 3rd, 2014, but trilobites are even older! The New York Times has an great article called “When Trilobites Ruled the World” by Natalie Angier, who does excellent science writing on many, many subjects from geology to paleontology to genetics to neuroscience. You name it and she’s written about it.…
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Trilobite Tuesday #6: The Largest Trilobites #trilobite #fossils #TrilobiteTuesday
If you’re interested in the largest trilobites, have a look over at this page on “A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites” or this page at the American Museum of Natural History. The following quote is from the AMNH page. The size variance shown among trilobite species is nothing less than astonishing. Generally when one considers these…
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Trilobite Tuesday #5: Are These Trilobite Eggs?
Scientific American’s “The Artful Amoeba” had a piece about trilobite eggs a few years ago. It seems that Markus Martin, an amateur paleontologist, discovered gold, or more specifically trilobite gold. Atlas Obscura has the more personal details of this fossil find. It what was once known as Beecher’s Bed, Martin found and then prepared some…
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Trilobite Tuesday #4: TheFossilForum: Open Access Trilobite Papers 1993–2020
TheFossilForum has a very long running thread entitled “Open Access Trilobite Papers 1993–2020”. That particular link has posts from user piranha from 2013 to the present. Here are a few of the most recent. This is an awesome resource! Check it out if you need access to a trilobite paper! February 26th, 2020 Geyer, G.,…
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Trilobite Tuesday #3: Everything and Anything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Trilobites!
The website “A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites” has an amazing amount of information about trilobites. It’s been online since at least 2000. The website is run by Sam Gon III, a conservation biologist at TNC Hawai’i. He also does the Anomalocaris Homepage. You can order a copy of the website in book form. …
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Trilobite Tuesday #2: AMNH Trilobite Top Tens
The American Museum of Natural History has an interesting page titled “Trilobite Top Tens”. They have everything from Charles Walcott (NY Wolcott-Rust quarry and Burgess Shale), to Elrathia kingii (one of the most common trilobites), to Sir Roderick Murchison (rock star geologist from the 1800s). The categories are: The AMNH has a great website on trilobites. There is so much information……
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Trilobite Tuesday #1: The Trilobite: An Early Inhabitant of Illinois
The Illinois State Geologic Survey (ISGS) has a page on the trilobites of Illinois. It has good information about time periods and has a few pictures of the species that can be found here in Illinois. There’s even a paragraph on it’s body structure. Trilobites are so named because the segments on their upper (dorsal)…
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ESCONI Field Trip To St. Paul Quarry, in St. Paul, IN – October 25th, 2019
There will be a field trip to St. Paul Quarry (Silurian; Waldron Shale) on Friday, October 25th, 2019. Please note: the date is subject to the Quarry’s work schedule and may be moved or canceled. You must be a member of ESCONI on or before Friday, October 11th, 2019 to attend. The quarry address is:…
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Trilobite of the Month – April 2018
Head on over to www.trilobites.info for the April 2018 “Trilobite of the Month”. It is Lanceaspis hammondi from the Lower Devonian of Morocco. Another interesting and unique trilobite from Morocco! Trilobites.info is a great resource for all things trilobite. There is even a book! The book is an adaptation of the website and it has…
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Trilobite of the Month – March 2018
The trilobites.info “Trilobite of the Month” is Goldius. The website trilobites.info is a great place to learn everything you ever wanted to know about trilobites. It’s constantly updated with new information. You can also order the website in book form. There’s tons of photos and references to help you identify your latest find. So, visit…
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September General Meeting Topic: “Calymene blumenbachii and the Discovery of Trilobites”
The speaker at our September 8, 2017 meeting will be Dr. Don Mikulic, Senior Paleontologist with the Illinois State Geological Survey. The title of his program is “Calymene blumenbachii and the Discovery of Trilobites”. The program is based on a chapter in “Fantastic Fossils – 300 years of worldwide research on trilobites”, New York State…
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Field Trip: Vulcan Kankakee Quarry on Saturday Sept 16, 2017 from 8:30 AM to noon
There will be an ESCONI Field Trip to the Vulcan Kankakee Quarry on Saturday Sept 16, 2017 from 8:30 AM to noon. The quarry is located at 1277 County Highway 28.The rules are shown below: 1. You must be an ESCONI member as of September 9th and at least 18 years old to attend…
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Trilobites.info: April 2016 Trilobite of the Month
Over at Trilobites.info, the Trilobite of the Month for April 2016 is Stummiana arkonensis. It’s a Middle Devonian trilobite from the Widder Formation, Hamilton Group of Arkona, Ontario, Canada. Check it out on the trilobites.info website. The trilobites.info website is invaluable for everything trilobite. Check it out today! The Trilobite of the Month for the…
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Fossil Friday: Find the Trilobite
Here's a little puzzle… find the trilobite. It's a small enrolled Ditomopyge from the Permian of Kansas.
