Kentucky - Ordovician marine fossil (nautiloid?)

[botaniccal]

Hi! I was near Lexington, KY as part of a university trip, and on one of the hiking trails there was a spot to hunt for fossils (but not take them!) I decided to turn over some rocks, and sure enough, I found something that is almost certainly a fossil.

 

This was very spontaneous and I wasn't allowed to take it home, but I got several pictures to use for a collection project my class is doing. I sent this to a paleontologist friend and he said it's a nautiloid, but I wanna make sure before I put this in my project.

 

This is my first animal fossil I've ever found! So I'm all excited about it even though I couldn't keep it.

 

Detailed info:

-near Lexington, KY

-Ordovician rock

-about 8-10 inches long (again, sorry for not getting a proper scale, I didn't really think about it)

-found earlier today, left it where it was

Edited Tuesday at 09:08 PM by botaniccal

[connorp]

Yes, it is an orthoconic nautiloid. Middle or Late Ordovician.

[automech]

I'm curious as to why there's a restriction? Was it on private property?

[botaniccal]

59 minutes ago, automech said:

I'm curious as to why there's a restriction? Was it on private property?

without revealing too much about where i was, guides + rangers we were with said i couldn't take it when i asked. pretty sure you can't take fossils off of national or state parks anyway

[Mark Kmiecik]

4 hours ago, botaniccal said:

pretty sure you can't take fossils off of national or state parks anyway

 

This is correct.