PaleoOrdo Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Near the shores of the south-eastern Randsfjorden in Norway is a loaction with an Early Silurian outcrop. Last summer I found some gastropods and this nautiloid in a road-cut on a rock which seems to be sandstone, of very hard material. It seems to be an orthocone, although very slightly bended with the siphuncle visible on the top cross-section, placed in a semi-central position. Could it be possible find out which order and family it belongs to? I guess it is not an endoceras, because the siphuncle is not very large. The lenght of the speciemen is about 12cm. At the same location I found a very beautiful rock with several animals, two nice gastropods, which I not know the order of, and one or two other nautiloids. The rock is about 7cm broad. One big and one very small gastropod: Edited January 31, 2022 by PaleoOrdo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Gastropods in cross section are nearly impossible to identify confidently, unless you know what genus/species have previously been found at the site. 1 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...
PaleoOrdo Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 I understand, they look too similar in that appearance. I will try find out if there are any litterature on this formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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