Sunday, August 9, 2009

Rorschach test resolved

Yesterday, I asked you to see what you see here:
rorshach

And today, I shall tell you what I saw...

Here's what it reminds me of:

photo

...An Olenellid trilobite (slightly deformed)!

Here, I'll sketch it for you:
trilobite_rorschach

Garry Hayes came closest to my vision by suggesting the foam pattern resembled Marella splendens, Walcott's "lace crab" of the Burgess Shale.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous BrianR said...

ha ha! that's awesome

August 9, 2009 8:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those trilobites from Braintree, MA are probably Paradoxids, rather than Olenellids.

November 18, 2009 11:34 AM  

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