matthew textor Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Hi this Is Matt can anyone tell me if this is a ammonite or Cephalopod I found the fossil in a creek today the rock that it came out of was huge and was about 7 pounds here is a photo of the fossil I found today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wim Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Hi this Is Mattcan anyone tell me if this is a ammonite or Cephalopod I found the fossil in a creek today the rock that it came out of was huge and was about 7 pounds here is a photo of the fossil I found today Can you post another pic that is sharp on the fossil area instead of on the side of the rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Hi Matt, ammonites are an order of cephalopods that arose in the Mesozoic(well, not really, but...). It is hard to discern in the photo, but as the area you hunt is Devonian, it is more likely a goniatite of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 ...it is more likely a goniatite of some kind. ...if not a gastropod; I can't tell from the picture. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Better pics would help to ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 ...if not a gastropod; I can't tell from the picture. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 ^^I meant of the cephalopods, but looking at the other photo I don't think that it is a gastropod. It looks more like a tergomyid(monoplacophoran). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 ^^I meant of the cephalopods, but looking at the other photo I don't think that it is a gastropod. It looks more like a tergomyid(monoplacophoran). You I believe. (My old eyes, not so much). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balanocidaris Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi all. I'm solenopleuropsis (I can't log in with this user now, I don't know why...) The pic remembers me an order of bivalves, here in my country. An eroded (or some specie of) Exogyra http://www.terra.es/personal5/museumfossi/C83.JPG http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/~cnewsom/fossils/index.html bye !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 ^^He collects the Devonian, so it wouldn't be a gryphaeid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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