A Brief Structural and Developmental Comparison of Trilobites and Modern Arthropods

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Discussion thread for the blog entry "A Brief Structural and Developmental Comparison of Trilobites and Modern Arthropods" by Isotelus.

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[he_who_is_nobody]

Re: A Brief Structural and Developmental Comparison of Trilo

Blog of Reason is starting to look like a paleo paradise. Sweet.

Wow. That is an awesome fossil.

... and he_who_is_nobody for helping with editing.

I have to say that I did not do much. Nevertheless, thank you for the hat tip.

 

[Inferno]

Re: A Brief Structural and Developmental Comparison of Trilo

Happy days, an Isotelus post!

High information density, I'll have to re-read it again in a few days to make sure I understand it. It's structured like a paper, which is a plus, but the language might be a little bit too challenging for some readers, myself among them.

That being said, I greatly enjoyed what I did understand and am looking forward to more.

 

[Isotelus]

Re: A Brief Structural and Developmental Comparison of Trilo

Happy days, an Isotelus post!

High information density, I'll have to re-read it again in a few days to make sure I understand it. It's structured like a paper, which is a plus, but the language might be a little bit too challenging for some readers, myself among them.

That being said, I greatly enjoyed what I did understand and am looking forward to more.

Ah, that's because it was actually a term paper that I adapted into a blog! That also explains why the language is not catered to a general audience; It was a review of the literature that I wrote for my professor, essentially . I definitely had some reservations about posting something so technical, so if something isn't clear, let me know so I can figure out a way to make it more random-reader-friendly.

 

[Dragan Glas]

Re: A Brief Structural and Developmental Comparison of Trilo

Greetings,

Very nice article, Isotelus. (Given your cognomen, you might sign yourself "I. Regina!" )

My only "concern" is your use of the dreaded phrase "soft tissue preservation" - that's bound to cause the same confusion in some readers as it did with Bob Enyart!

You may have to address this in your next blog article - to explain exactly what is, and is not, meant by "soft tissue preservation", at least in trilobites.

Kindest regards,

James

 

[Isotelus]

Re: A Brief Structural and Developmental Comparison of Trilo

Greetings,

Very nice article, Isotelus. (Given your cognomen, you might sign yourself "I. Regina!" )

My only "concern" is your use of the dreaded phrase "soft tissue preservation" - that's bound to cause the same confusion in some readers as it did with Bob Enyart!

You may have to address this in your next blog article - to explain exactly what is, and is not, meant by "soft tissue preservation", at least in trilobites.

Kindest regards,

James

Snap!

That's an excellent idea. Good news, because as it happens (and hwin can vouch for this), that was going to be the topic for my 3rd blog post! It was initially inspired by creationist in the OFNF thread, which lead me to an ICR article falsely claiming soft-tissue preservation (as in literally soft and maleable) in Precambrian tube worms, so I was going to give a little explanation about that, as well as how organic fossilization and carbonization works and such.