Hello all!
Sorry for the lack of measurements in these photos, I’ll be sure to upload some soon once I get the chance to.
This is my favorite find so far in my early adventure of fossil hunting in western New York.
I am more well versed in vertebrate paleontology in the central plains, so I apologize for my lack of knowledge on these earlier guys.
I found this one in a rock exposure along a parking lot adjacent to Bennet Quarry- this is where hundreds of eurypterid specimens have been collected.
I assume that the rock this is from is similarly aged, and a part of the Bertie formation. It is a bit over an inch long, but I will come with more measurement photos. Note the spiral pattern- is this a straight shelled nautiloid or something else entirely?
This was just my best guess.
Thank you!