Rockin' Chica Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 please help me figure this one out! \ Gratitude and Well Wishes! Ashley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 This is outside the realm that I'm familiar with, but this is very cool. Can't wait for the experts to identify this! Thanks for posting this..... I'll be watching! Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Chica, I'm wondering if you may have some form of cephalopod. Do a google image search and you'll find some that look very similar to your pics. In reading your other post, if you're referring to the fourth image in this post as a scale, I believe it's a brachiopod. It is quite an interesting fossil. Thanks for posting it. I look forward to other's input. SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Chica Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 thanks! it very well, may be a Ceph! i am anxtious to start sawing the others out! Gratitude and Well Wishes! Ashley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) It sounds like you must be in a very good area. We'll be anxious to see what other finds you can post. Keep us updated! From your other post, if you whacked your finger with a hammer while retrieving these, by all means, be careful if you're going to start sawing some out. We don't want to read that you sawed your finger off. :doh!: Edited September 28, 2012 by sward SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Very nice photography with great close up shots. I enjoyed seeing the piece, but have O to add on ID. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonsfly Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I think cephlapod too, if you look under(right) the lmain fossil there is a smaller one also. Cool find ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) Rockin Chica, I think it may be an orthocone cephalopod. Here's my reasoning: what you are seeing as scales at the front may actually be crushed shell material from the outside of the ceph, and then the first few inches on the left that look like vertebrae are actually the outside cast of the cephalopod sections. Also looks like at least one more on the slab as well. Seeing as your area is Ordovician in age, I'm going for invertebrate on this. Pic 4 shows some brachiopods, not fish scales if that was what you were thinking they were. Hopefully, JimB88 may have some more insights. Neat find. Thanks for posting it. Regards, Edited September 28, 2012 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Chica Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Thank You! Gratitude and Well Wishes! Ashley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Chica Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 After evaluating my posts; I have concluded that my figures are illiterate! Gratitude and Well Wishes! Ashley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1066 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I found a couple of stacked cephalopods not long ago that looked very similar just smaller. Same types of other critters were right beside them. Going to same orthocones too along with a couple of nice brachs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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