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I have good surplus echinoids from Australia if you are interested - will exchange fossils and minerals if you have these?

I am not a trilobite man...BUT...I found that it is Colpocoryphe grandis (M. Snajdr, 1956)...Usually sold as Diacalymene ouzreui! Ref: Google. www.peripatus.gen.nz/taxa/arthropoda/trilobita/trilobite.html (Trilobite page) - comments 2/3's down the page. [Bewerkt door Frederik op 25-01-2011 om 15:18 ...

Trimerus (Edgillia) kinglakensis (Gill, 1949)
Early Devonian. Humevale Formation...Middendorp's quarry. Kinglake West, Victoria. Australia.

Pericosmus torus McNamara & Philip, 1984.
Miocene, Mannum Formation, Upper Member.
Murray River cliffs, Waikerie, Riverlands. South Australia. Australia.

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/oldfossil/opslag/1141984832E-Mail-Echinoids-014.jpg /oldfossil/opslag/1450858964E-Mail-Echinoids-015.jpg A recently found Pericosmus sp. from the Miocene, Gippsland Limestone of Victoria, Australia. The locality where this was found is predominantly a Clypeaster locality with Clypeasters making up...

The hole on the side is predation drill hole and is actually tapering inwards on the test.

bram wrote:
Nice specimen! Am I right when I think I'm looking at a lateral view on your photo, with the periproct to the left? If that's correct, is the round hole in the test a parasite hole or something like that?

Greetings,
Bram

A recent find of Cyclaster archeri (Tenison Woods, 1867. Originally described as a Micraster then a Brissopsis, but now Cyclaster.
Miocene, Morgan Group. Glenforslan Formation...Murray River area at Waikerie. South Australia.AUSTRALIA.