KCMOfossil Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 This appears to me to be a somewhat smashed axial lobe of a Ameura missouriensis, and the first one I have found with the thorax. I found it in the Winterset Limestone Member of the Pennsylvanian, Kansas City Group, near Kansas City, Missouri. Does this ID seem right to you folks? Actually, the thing I want to do is exclude the (highly remote, I know) possibility of an eurypterid. I'm not sure if there is much more to prep as the fossil just disappears into the matrix. Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Orthocone cephalopod, I would think. Not a trilobite. 3 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson g Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I think Tim's right on the money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCMOfossil Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Orthocone cephalopod, I would think. Not a trilobite. Thanks for the quick reply. That certainly fits the specimen well, and orthocone cephalopods are not uncommon here. 5 minutes ago, Jackson g said: I think Tim's right on the money. I agree. And knowing that it is a cephalopod will help me proceed a bit further in prepping it. Thanks, guys, for pointing me the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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