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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Trilobite Prep in the forum Fossil Prep Tips & Tricks Forum 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months ago@sadie-mills@carl-lewis A lot depends on the preservation material for the trilobite. Most will be calcitic and will be adversely affected by any chemical cleaner that will dissolve limestone. To remove loose or soft shale or mud a toothbrush with water and an optional mild detergent will help. If the limestone matrix is covering part of t…[Read more]
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Sadie Mills started the topic Trilobite Prep in the forum Fossil Prep Tips & Tricks Forum 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoWe had a question from @carl-lewis on our YouTube account: what are the best chemicals to use to prepare trilobites in limestone?
@jkallmeyer any ideas?
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @carl-lewis I commented on your other specimen with a link to Silurian trilobites of North America – is this a different specimen? Talk to you soon, Jen
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoNice specimen @carl-lewis. Would you be able to upload an image with a scale bar? You should also be able to fill in much of the classification. This is really easy to do on the web-platform myfossil.org. Talk to you soon, Jen
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @carl-lewis – if it’s found in the Silurian we can fill in Eon Phanerozoic > Era Paleozoic into the geochronology fields.
You can update your classification to be Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class TrilobitaWhat are your two ideas about what this trilobite is?
There is an image list of Silurian trilobites hosted by the American…[Read more]
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @carl-lewis – Here is a link with some geological context information: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=11.1/x=-87.8049/y=41.1158/bedrock/lines/
What do you think it is? It is hard to tell from this image, it could be a fragment of something. Possibly a mold?
Talk to you soon, Jen