#trilobite of the day

[zoe248]

Trilobite of the Day 65

Boedaspis ensifer (Whittington and Bohlin, 1960) Lower Ordovician Volkhovian Level Formation Putilovo Quarry, St. Petersburg Region, Russia 2.8 cm

Considered by many to be one of the most dramatic trilobites in the world.

[amnhnyc]

Welcome back to Trilobite Tuesday. The Walcott-Rust Quarry, of upstate New York, is renowned for producing some of the best-preserved Ordovician trilobites in the world. Abundant examples of at least 18 species of trilobites, most of which have been studied extensively, have been discovered at the site. This 1.5-in- (3.8-cm-) long Ceraurus pleurexanthemus is one of the quarry’s most well-known species.

[estebanthrives]

🌹 Today you deserve a treat 🍫

So why not bite into the opportunity of a lifetime by venturing forth into the mysterious, perilous and steamy world of the Cambrian Ocean Fauna?

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Hey

I made a video after speculating on what the Cambrian Ocean might've sounded like! Spent a few days doing research and others learning a little bit of video and sound editing. Sound design is hard!

Roaring winds, crashing waves and tectonic activity surround the flourishing wildlife developing in the Paleozoic seafloor.

And in there, a menagerie of distinct sounds gathers.

The clicking of legs, the pinching of claws, the brushing of primitive fins and calls made up of buzzes, chirps and squeaks; some of the very first songs telling stories of a bygone era.

I hope it strikes a good balance between a primitive invertebrate paradise landscape and an light atmospheric track to put on the background while you go on about your day.

And if you wanted a pleasant surprise for you or your partner...

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Enjoy!

[ravewing]

the 12 days of anomalochristmas

an anomalochristmas carol

on the first day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me a trilobite in the deep sea

on the second day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the third day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the fourth day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the fifth day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the sixth day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me six hallucigenia five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the seventh day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me seven pikaia swimming six hallucigenia five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the eighth day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me eight halkieria dancing seven pikaia swimming six hallucigenia five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the ninth day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me nine odontogriphus crawling eight halkieria dancing seven pikaia swimming six hallucigenia five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the tenth day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me ten anomalocaris hunting nine odontogriphus crawling eight halkieria dancing seven pikaia swimming six hallucigenia five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the eleventh day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me eleven eldonia floating ten anomalocaris hunting nine odontogriphus crawling eight halkieria dancing seven pikaia swimming six hallucigenia five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

on the twelfth day of anomalochristmas my true love gave to me twelve burgess shale friends eleven eldonia floating ten anomalocaris hunting nine odontogriphus crawling eight halkieria dancing seven pikaia swimming six hallucigenia five yellow nectocaris four marella three spiky wiwaxia two purple opabinia and a trilobite in the deep sea

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[solidagold]

Happy National Fossil day!! All of these beauties found in Pennsylvania :)

[little-creature-of-the-day]

little creature of the day: trilobite beetle

these guys are very interesting

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[containable]

I LOVE YOU SCP-4131!!!!

[trilobiter]

I put on a bright green sweater today without even thinking about it. It's in my genes, I suppose.

[valhikes]

Caliente Field Office BLM, Nevada

Just a quick stop for a little paleontology. There are trilobites to be found!

[scobbe]

Just realized that if everything is eternal in heaven that means that one day maybe we *can* all peer under the Cambrian seas…

[suzetonic]

Went fossil hunting and came back with this beauty:

It's slightly damaged, but it's the most complete trilobite fossil I've ever found.

[zoe248]

Trilobite of the Day 62

Bellacartwrightia phyllocaudata (Lieberman & Kloc, 1997) Middle Devonian, Givetian Moscow Formation, Deep Run Shale Member Geneseo, Livingston County, New York 6.5 cm

[amnhnyc]

Research alert! A new study finds that an extremely well-preserved fossil of Triarthrus eatoni, a trilobite found in upstate New York, has an additional set of legs underneath its head! What did researchers learn from this discovery? Find out with Museum Curator Melanie Hopkins, who coauthored the research. Read more.

[kihaku-gato]

I need to make a folder and sometime compile a compilation of photos of the different kinds of Trilobite out there. There are some really funky shaped ones beyond the classic shape everyone thinks of when thinking of trilobites.

[avalon-stegodeus]

2005, North America, a man grows up an only child in the suburbs, he gets a cubicle job, he marries his highschool sweetheart, he dies leaving his regrets of a quiet life behind, he rots, and returns unto the earth.

1096, Jerusalem, a man is raised as a devout Christian, he is taught of sins ancient and unforgivable, because of a disagreement between people that he will never see, he is sent into a war for a land not his own, he dies in battle, praying to a God that will never answer, he rots, and returns unto the earth.

2,000,000 BCE, Eurasia, a neanderthal is hunting with his tribe, he maims a young mammoth, taking a mortal wound in the process, his tribe finishes the mammoth off as he bleeds out, he dies surrounded by his kin, knowing that his actions will feed them for days, he rots, and returns unto the earth.

65,000,000 years, continent of Laramidia, a mother Tyrannosaurus and her brood watch the sky turn red with fire, through random chance and blind luck, a disaster far beyond their comprehension ends all life larger than a common rabbit, their skin chars to glass within seconds, without them even knowing they were dying, they rot, and return unto the earth.

273 Million years ago, landmasses are unrecognizable, an amphibian lives its entire life in one pond, a many year long drought has dried it to a puddle, the amphibian looks beyond its shrinking home turned prison, to see nothing but the desert, it dies without finding a mate, never straying far from home even in death, it rots, and returns unto the earth.

400 Million years ago, plants have only just moved on to land, a primitive lobe finned fish stares at an early rooted plant from the shoreline, young and not affixed to the soil yet, the fish defies what it knows, what it has always known, and heaves itself onto dry land, and having consumed the sprout, it returns to the water, having experienced something no other lifeform has ever experienced before, it dies soon after mating, having unknowingly sown the way forward for all life to come, it rots, and returns unto the earth.

500 Million years ago, compound eyes have only just developed, a small trilobite coasts along the sand, searching for edible debris, as it has done for its entire life, a large ratiodont swims by, abducting the trilobite and snapping its exoskeleton open, as the ratiodont consumes its flesh, the trilobites last thoughts are of the shallow nursery it hatched in, and the warm rays of the sun, bringing nutrients of detritus down with it, it rots, and returns unto the earth, as the very detritus it once sought out.

[samimarkart]

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