AK hiker Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 In my goal to identify ammonites I have been seeing in Alaska have had to learn much such as ammonite anatomy and terms. My scientific illustrator, graphic artist wife helped me with these depictions of a generic ammonite. I have been reading about the various ways ammonites are described in the scientific papers and needed to be able to learn them for the descriptions to make sense. I would like input from those more knowledgeable than myself to see if I have this cheat sheet accurate. See attached PDF. Thanks for any input. Ammonite Anatomy & Terms.pdf 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Very nice! I am no expert so cannot give any feedback as to the accuracy of the terminology, but the English major in me would like to see a comma or hyphen in this particular sentence: "made of aragonite and conchiolin a crystalline form of calcium carbonate." "made of aragonite and conchiolin, a crystalline form of calcium carbonate." , 2 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK hiker Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 JamieLyn, Thank you for looking and helping with my punctuation. Will make the addition of a comma as indicated. My hope is this will help other newbies along the way as this compilation came from many sources. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 One thing to note is that the diagram on that page shows the septa or walls as concave and pointing towards the center of the shell but in ammonites it is actually convex and would point away from the center. I hope that made some sort of sense as it is hard to explain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 @AK hiker Here is a page from a website which I always find helpful when it comes to terminology. Your wife does good work. 5 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Hello,nice,very interesting I know this in french,thank you J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK hiker Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 6/30/2020 at 10:22 PM, Misha said: One thing to note is that the diagram on that page shows the septa or walls as concave and pointing towards the center of the shell but in ammonites it is actually convex and would point away from the center. I hope that made some sort of sense as it is hard to explain. Understood and looked at an ammonite I had that was sliced through the venter to visualize. My wife said it took a while to get the septa to look right in the graphics program. On 7/1/2020 at 12:21 AM, Ludwigia said: @AK hiker Here is a page from a website which I always find helpful when it comes to terminology. Your wife does good work. Very helpful website for ammonite descriptive terms and added a few more to the diagram. I am a lucky man to have her in my life! On 7/1/2020 at 12:38 AM, herve said: Hello,nice,very interesting I know this in french,thank you Hello to you and hope this is useful to all. Also received a PM from DPS Ammonite and included those suggestions as well. Let me know if an further corrections. Thanks; Bob revised Ammonite sheet.msg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 2 hours ago, AK hiker said: revised Ammonite sheet.msg I can't open up this msg data sheet. Do you have it in pdf? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK hiker Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Ammonite Anatomy & Terms.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Very nice and helpfull, thanks for sharing! Your next project will involve the outer morphology of ammos with all their ribs, knots and keels? Franz Bernhard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 7 hours ago, AK hiker said: Ammonite Anatomy & Terms.pdf Excellent, well-done and thank you. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Saunders Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Very nice, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Looks Great! Also, I have never seen the website that @Ludwigia posted and it will definitely be a useful resource in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK hiker Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 One small revision and hopefully this is the last one:) Added note on the protein used in the shell. Thanks again to all that commented. Ammonite Anatomy & Terms.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK hiker Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Ammonite Anatomy & Terms.pdf Finished, really this time. Corrections to describe nacre and added "Order" to list describing the phylogenetic lineage. Thanks to DPS Ammonite for the coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 @AK hiker Nicely done! It's a good quick reference, so I've saved it to my data. Thanks. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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