tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post2480013848095145543..comments2023-04-29T04:52:59.056-05:00Comments on Life Before the Dinosaurs: Walliserops.Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465158136828482934noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-65549474907079185372011-08-04T08:02:57.226-05:002011-08-04T08:02:57.226-05:00I don't think he's saying that you could i...I don't think he's saying that you could identify the gender of the Walliserops by its trident. I believe he was trying to say that *if* only males had tridents and those tridents may have been used in fighting for a mate. He also points out that the trident-bearing Walliserops may represent a different species, as you say. Art is very careful to use "maybe" and "possibly," because the answers are not know definitively. He's only seven, so this may not always be clear as you read. <br /><br />"The use for the trident is unknown. Maybe it's for defense, maybe it's for detecting food under the sand (sort of like a built-in radar), or maybe it's for fighting other males to mate and the female doesn't have a trident, so it might be thought to be a different kind of trilobite."The Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-65160614055261227512011-08-03T23:35:40.370-05:002011-08-03T23:35:40.370-05:00Actually, it was once thought that Walliserops mal...Actually, it was once thought that Walliserops males had a long trident, while females had a short trident, and that the males used their tridents to flip each other over.<br />With the discovery of a third (and maybe a fourth) form, we're forced to realize that these represent different species, and not genders.Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258389885725339537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-5147530877768653962011-06-28T11:06:24.100-05:002011-06-28T11:06:24.100-05:00I'm afraid of tripods, some/many bipods (and t...I'm afraid of tripods, some/many bipods (and then there are the unipods ...), even. And that trident thing isn't helping ...FlavorDavhttp://www.facebook.com/FlavorDavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-73304258305071130612011-06-27T18:39:09.038-05:002011-06-27T18:39:09.038-05:00@FlavorDav So you must be scared of tetrapods????...@FlavorDav So you must be scared of tetrapods????????????????????Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465158136828482934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-86628594445079206522011-06-27T11:15:19.098-05:002011-06-27T11:15:19.098-05:00It's not an opinion, it's evolutionarily h...It's not an opinion, it's evolutionarily hardwired fear. I'm afraid of anything with more than three legs as it is. I can't help but imagining seeing one of these things scurrying under my refrigerator, is all. Not to mention chasing me across the room.<br /><br />Keep up the good work, ABC!FlavorDavhttp://www.facebook.com/FlavorDavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-10197876497012365192011-06-26T06:47:19.180-05:002011-06-26T06:47:19.180-05:00Very interesting! :)Very interesting! :)Vivianne Vilarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376460181319354701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-17869067574807593162011-06-25T19:20:19.966-05:002011-06-25T19:20:19.966-05:00@Emily Thank you so much for that weird creature....@Emily Thank you so much for that weird creature. It's weird enough to put on my blog, because I usually like to use extremely weird things!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />@FlavorDav Why do you have that kind of opinion about it? Because the only trilobite which were huge were the arctic trilobites, and I don't believe Walliserops was arctic. <br /><br />@William The latest speculation is that Walliserops had this large trident as horns to fight.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465158136828482934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-59066167520206518282011-06-25T14:01:42.202-05:002011-06-25T14:01:42.202-05:00Is their any speculation at all about it's use...Is their any speculation at all about it's use?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-63169812197135145612011-06-25T12:59:12.715-05:002011-06-25T12:59:12.715-05:00Aaugh!Aaugh!FlavorDavhttp://www.facebook.com/FlavorDavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-51483637684232010222011-06-25T11:25:20.954-05:002011-06-25T11:25:20.954-05:00What an awesome-looking trilobite!
Here's ano...What an awesome-looking trilobite!<br /><br />Here's another creature you might blog about sometime-- it was just discovered last year: <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HerpetogasterEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968539146840489973noreply@blogger.com