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Mystery Gastropod from the Kalkberg Formation


Nautiloid

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I’m almost done prepping this gastropod I found a couple weeks ago at the roadcut along Rickard Hill Rd. in Schoharie, NY, but I am unsure of the species. It is from the Lower Devonian Kalkberg formation. 

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From the photos I'm seeing what looks more like a brach than a gastro.  Could you provide more photos, say of the sides and back?

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Here are some more photos. It doesn’t show it as much in the first photos, but this fossil is pretty tall to be a brachiopod. 

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1 hour ago, Nautiloid said:

Here are some more photos. It doesn’t show it as much in the first photos, but this fossil is pretty tall to be a brachiopod. 

 

 

Are you thinking that it's something like Platyceras conicum (although I'm not sure if that species extends back to lower Devonian).

 

I think some of us may have confused this area for a beak of a brachiopod.   Maybe this is just an illusion from the photo?

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I could see this being a Platyceras.

 

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39 minutes ago, Peat Burns said:

Are you thinking that it's something like Platyceras conicum (although I'm not sure if that species extends back to lower Devonian).

 

I think some of us may have confused this area for a beak of a brachiopod.   Maybe this is just an illusion from the photo?

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I’m thinking this is some sort of platyceras gastropod. The thing in the top of the photo is just where the tip of the fossil broke off, it’s not a beak or anything like that. 

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