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Fossil Help
I posted this in another thread earlier and then had the bright idea that someone might actually be able to help me identify this fossil. My kids found it in a natural gully behind our house in Alleghany County, Virginia. It's about the size of a thumbprint. I have had some people tell me it is a trilobite but it doesn't really look like the other trilobite fossils I have seen.
TheJackKetch
It could be the lower end segments of a trilobite, not 100%. Definition isn’t great but it looks like a shell fossil as opposed to a plant.
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
It’s the tail plates from a Digisauropod.
venomlash
This is ? the pygidium (tail shield) of a trilobite. The front is at top right, and you're looking at it from the underside. It's common
venomlash
for trilobites to fall apart (disarticulate) after death, so the head, tail, thoracic segments, etc. are often found separately.
venomlash
Not sure which trilobite unfortunately; all I can say is it's got 6 axial rings + a terminal piece, and the pleural furrows are strong but
venomlash
the interpleural furrows are missing. There's an app ROCKD you can use to look up what rock formation you're on to narrow things down.