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These came from the Silica Shale Formation near Sylvania Ohio, Middle Devonian. They seem far too small for the orthoconic cephalopods they resemble and I can see no evidence of septa or siphuncles on the ends. The scale is millimeters. This is the best image I can provide. The ratio of diameter to segment spacing ranges from 3:1 to 5.33:1.
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Found a few years ago in NKY. Cephalopod?
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Hello all. I recently engaged in my first fossil hunting expedition at the Caesar Creek Spillway in the Cincinnati region of Ohio. While most of what I collected I was able to (probably) positively identify as various Ordovician fauna, one specimen has stumped my lay understanding. I believe it to be a partial fossil, about 2.5cm by 1cm, apparently ovular in cross-section with fairly clear segmentation. From some image comparison I've done I was initially leaning towards it being a partial Cephalopod, however what I'm interpreting as a waisted section at one end is throwing me off. I'm not sure if is actual waisting or if it is just occlusion of the fossil by the surrounding material. Any and all insight is greatly appreciated!
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Found in a culvert outside of fast food place. Paleozoic limestone of unknown age. Help!
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I keep on finding these but I have no idea what they are. Help!
SilurianSalamander posted a topic in Fossil ID
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Help a newbie :) Middle Tennessee creekbed find - I don’t know if I’m posting this correctly
sarahbbgun posted a topic in Fossil ID
This link explains the geology of my area. https://www.mtsu.edu/glade-center/gladehistory.php I’m happy to have found this forum as I’m a newbie and would be so grateful for your help w/identification of these fossils I’m finding here in Middle Tennessee, USA. My friend has a creek in her front yard full of these Ordovician (??) sea creature fossils. This is my favorite so far but I’m not sure what it is. Someone in a FB group said it could be a cephalopod cross section? I’m seeing eyes and shrimp. There are even shades of violet on one spot IMG_0763.MOV
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Did I find my first cephalopod(s)? Last one could be a crinoid
SilurianSalamander posted a topic in Fossil ID
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Any ideas??? I found these in what I refer to as my ‘crystal pile’. it’s an area in my new construction neighborhood in north east Bexar County, Texas. The soil in which I found these was a rich black that reminds me of Irish peat bogs. It’s rich, black soil with a crumbly texture. The crystalline structures some which I believe are also petrified trees and these mystery creatures all have an orange color (possibly due to the heavy iron deposits also in the area). The crystalline structures and these creatures were found beside limestone. I was digging for the beautiful crystals and found these. They stood out and I immediately thought one looked like an esophagus and the other like a vertebrae, although I knew they weren’t what they initially appeared to be. One which was like a half ‘ring’, appeared to have the same ‘ribbing’ as the one resembling an esophagus. The ribbed worm like one is about 4” long including the broken portion which laying in the ground with a part broken off .it’s about 1.5 “ high. The vertebrae looking one is about 2” wide by 1” by 1” high. The half ‘ring’ one is about 1.5” and the thickness if the ring is about .5”. any help is, as always appreciated!
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Found this in Central NY and I have no idea what it is
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Last week I had the intentions of going fishing. Unfortunately just as I got to the boat landing, it began to rain so I decided to unhook the boat and run over to a road cut 20 miles away to see if winter had brought down any new rocks to bang on. I spent about 15 minutes at the site and learned quickly NOT to look at sandstone in the rain. Samples turn to sand in your hand!!! This site is Eau Claire formation / Cambrian strata. Trilobites are what I was looking for. Here are a couple of typical hash plates from the site that I was able to save: What I have questions about are these "cephalopod like" structures seen in this photo: Any info on these structures would be appreciated. I have never ran into these at this site before. They taper like a cephalopod, but no obvious septa, might be because sand does not preserve the chambers well??? Hope to hear from you. Mike P.S. The rain eventually quit and I was able to fish.
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These things run 3 to 4 in, long, i thought bactrites, someone else said they were something else, what do you think? oh yes they are from the penn. period.they are from s/e okla.
