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Hello, I managed to obtain this nautilus from the internet. The former owner told me she got it 60 years ago from an employee from Shell. He took it from the desert in Oman. He told her, there where many more fossils to find there, but that the accesibility was very complicated. She could'nt tell me the age from the deposits. So I tried to google some information. At first, looking at the pictures I thought about a jurassic nautilus. But the more I am diving in to search the possibilities and the fact that it is quite slender for a nautilus I'm leaning towards a Eocene nautilus. Deltoidonautilus would be a possibility. It is 27 cm. Can anyone help me with the ID, or pherhaps put me on a good path to find it? Greetings Walter

Dear TFF, This year I have visited Oman, which is a nice and super hot country, with spectacular mountains and wadis. The first place that will be of interest to this forum was the Bimmah Sink Hole, which is said to have the underground connection via caves with the nearby sea. There are hundreds of wadis all over the country – and in the part of the country we visited, they are basically the only places with some greenery, as otherwise the country looks like this: or like this: The first place where one can spot fossils was the Al Hajar Mountains range and more precisely the Jebel Akhdar (the Green Mountain). It’s covered with huge stones with fossilised corals: The next beautiful place was Jebel Shams, which is also called the Grand Canyon of Oman: We first browsed the rocks close to our camp on the top of the mountain and one can find some fossilised rudists there. The next day we went to the bottom of the canyon – Of course you can drive the car only up to a certain point – and afterwards you need to walk. On the way we spotted several huge stones with fossils, and a few small ones, already very smooth because of the water. In one of the villages we came across a few stalls where locals were selling fossils – The next day we were supposed to visit the Al Hoota cave – I booked tickets online yet in July. As we were a bit ahead of schedule, our local guide called the cave to find out, if we can come a bit earlier than the booked time – and (surprise, surprise) he was told that the cave is closed for the reason of heavy rains in August. No one from the cave has bothered to mail me or text me with this info or to refund the cost of tickets to my account for more than a month – and it turned out the company operating the cave cannot transfer the money back to a foreign account – so we needed to go there anyway to get the refund in cash. There is always a silver lining – a cave has little geological museum before the entrance, so while they were processing the refund, I went to see it. Here are the specimens on display: Further on we went to Wadi Bani Awf, where we stopped on the road to help a Spanish couple park their sedan somewhere safe (they ventured on this type of road with a small FWD Suzuki sedan and when they realised it’s completely out of question that they could continue, they tried to go back, but got stuck) and to call the police to come and tow them out in the meantime I browsed the rocks on the side of the road - and they were full of such stuff - whatever this may be: The wadi is beautiful You can see the road we took and it’s the place where the famous Snake Canyon is Its name comes from its shape We had some fun on the bottom of the wadi – and gave our car a little wash a few times The last wadi we visited was Al-Khod with Eocene and (I think Miocene) rocks, full of nummulites and foraminiferas. I hope you enjoyed the report

A friend brought me a gift from their travels. All I know is that it is from Al-khoud, in Oman. I dont know anything else and google didnt offer much. It looks to me to be a collection of 2 sizes of bivalves, and some larger shell pieces. Any and all help will be appreciated

Hello i found this pebble in a Jurrasic area in Oman . The waves on the beach smoothened it. I found numerous coral and bivalve and Gastropod fossils. im thinking this may be a stromatolite? could it be? thank you very much for your time!

Hello i found this fossil on a remote rocky beach near salalah Oman it is near a cliff I found it as it was being washed by the waves. It is a jurrasic fossil does anyone know? thank you for your time

I found this on a cliff in salalah Oman it was a jurrasic area and I found fossils coral and shells along with it but I don’t know what this is Any idea? thank you for your time

I thought I'd post these pictures in the hope someone maybe able to shed some light on this rock or fossil. This piece was found while hiking over Jebel Harim in Oman. Jebel Harim is well known for it's fossils but I was on a hike and not specifically rock kicking! To give everyone an idea of the spectacular terrain and crazy geology, I've added two photos from the hike. The piece I'd like assistance with please is the semi circular shaped rock above the ruler. I found this on top of the mountain near the walking train and it was the unusual shape that caught my eye so I popped it into my pocket and it was only when I got back home did I take a closer look and realised it maybe something worth keeping. Sadly, that all I can add so if anyone has any ideas I appreciate any assistance? Thanks Paul

I collected these beautiful ball-style fossils a few years ago from around the Hajar mountain area in Oman. I still don’t know what exactly they are. They were just lying in amongst the desert sand within the mountain (known for marine fossils from the Eocene to Miocene age) I’m guessing maybe they’re a type of solitary sponge or coral? I would be so grateful if someone could please help with the identification. I’ve taken as many photographs as possible, including some cross sections from broken fossils. The last 2 photographs show an additional species of fossil ball which I cannot identify either. The 2 new mystery ball fossils appear to have trapped other small marine fossils (nummulites) inside their fossilised bodies. Thank you so much for any information you can offer.

We recently went to Khassab, Oman We went on a tour into the mountains to see some fossils. I would like to know what some of them are. They look like some types of squid with some bivalves.

Does anyone know what this is? The picture is taken in Northern Oman mountains (UAE). A whole layer >50 cm thick is loaded with this organisms, with sizes of individuals from a few cm to >15 cm. The outcroping formation is Simsima, the age of the formation is Upper Cretaceous. The coin is ~1.7 cm in diameter.