Nautiloid Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 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? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 I agree this is a brachiopod. http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~kwilson/Devonian/DevSites/Schoharie/Kalkberg.htm 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 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? I could see this being a Platyceras. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 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? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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