great-britton-fossils Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Hello! This is my first time posting, and found this in my collection the other day. Anyone have an idea? Thanks for the help! Britton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Welcome to the forum. It looks like you have a straight (orthoconic) nautiloid. Any idea where it came from or what age it is? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Welcome to the forum from Texas! This is an Orthoceras, likely from Morocco based on the preservation. "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great-britton-fossils Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 10 hours ago, ThePhysicist said: Welcome to the forum from Texas! This is an Orthoceras, likely from Morocco based on the preservation. Yep, from Morrocco and that's all I knew. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great-britton-fossils Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 10 hours ago, ClearLake said: Welcome to the forum. It looks like you have a straight (orthoconic) nautiloid. Any idea where it came from or what age it is? From Morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 More likely Geisonoceras, as I believe Orthoceras is restricted to its type specimen in the Baltic region ( @Tidgy's Dad knows more about them than I do). 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecosmilia Trichitoma Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 It’s interesting to see a specimen that isn’t polished from that area. From what I know, it is most likely from the Atlas Mountains there. It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Most of these come from the south of Morocco in the Anti Atlas region, many from Erfoud and the surrounding areas. They are chiefly Early to Middle Devonian in age , though there are some Late Silurian and Late Devonian ones that look like this. Kane is right in saying that the genus Orthoceras is now restricted to the type species O. regularis from the Middle Ordovician of the Balto-Scandinavian region. Many are from the family Geisonoceratidae, but not all are even orthocerids, orthoconic Pseudorthocerida and Actinocerida are also common. You need to be an expert and / or have a precise location to get to genus level in your ids. Your specimen has dips in the centre of the chamber between the septa that may help reduce the number of candidates. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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