I got a fossil, but I don't know anything about it. Can someone help me?/ Conseguí un fósil pero no se nada sobre él. ¿Puede ayudarme alguien?
>>2124159
looks like a lobster tail, or a trilobite
You found a rock that was a cute little buggy 500 million years ago.
>>2124159
Looks like an enrolled trilobite anon, good find!
Does it have any value?
>>2124167
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR4.TRC2.A0.H0.Xtrilobite+fossil.TRS0&_nkw=trilobite+fossil&_sacat=0
Not really.
>>2124167
A couple pounds maybe. You're better off keeping it and marvelling at something that died at least 250 million years ago
>>2124176
Pretty common. I remember there was this science-y toy store that used to sell archaeology kits for kids. One was an excavation site, that had a trilobite fossil buried in sandstone.
The fossils inside the kits were real.
>>2124159
>>2124167
Like everyone's saying, it's not worth that much.
The money for fossils is in weird and rare stuff.
Best thing to do would be to put it on a shelf or in a case, and enjoy the fact that you found a nice size trilobite.
If you choose to keep it on a shelf, or anywhere it could fall, use museum gel/wax to hold it in place. It shouldn't damage the fossil, and will keep it from getting knocked off.
>>2124159
Why the fuck are you posting about your fossil here instead of taking it to a museum to get it revived by a scientist OP
>>2124293
Hello /vp/
What did the underside of trilobites look like?
>>2124295
Like a woodlouse pretty much.
>>2124167
Not really, oceans were full of these things for hundreds of millions of years
>>2124159
This is a species of trilobite called phacops. It lived in the Devonian period, which is the last geological epoch where trilobites were still around. It is also quite a common species of trilobite and is usually preserved very well.
>>2124176
*350 million years ago
250 million years is the end of the Permian period, which marks the beginning of the Mesozoic which housed dinosaurs, not trilobites.
>>2124159
phacops trilobite, worth around 5bucks
Anybody know what kind of fossil is this?
Found in central Florida.
Take that shit to Cinnabar Island
