saki007 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 From Mississippian limestone, Chesterian series, Bangor Formation. It's black & very hard. The points are not sharp, but are well articulated. The matrix in the center is limestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hey Saki007, That is pretty neat! Looks like a tiny ammonite/cephalopod/gastropod? One of the above? Dunno, but I'll look a bit deeper in my research material. NAL hunter may know. Thanks for showing us! I like it! Regards, 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...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I can't quite make it out from the pics. My first thought was a crinoid cup, very bottom of one, but then I doubt myself since I can't see the other side where the stalk might have attached. So I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saki007 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hey Saki007, That is pretty neat! Looks like a tiny ammonite/cephalopod/gastropod? One of the above? Dunno, but I'll look a bit deeper in my research material. NAL hunter may know. Thanks for showing us! I like it! Regards, Thanks, Tim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saki007 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) I can't quite make it out from the pics. My first thought was a crinoid cup, very bottom of one, but then I doubt myself since I can't see the other side where the stalk might have attached. So I have no idea. I apologize for the pictures- this thing is tiny! Both sides look like picture #2 in my first post. It reminds of a question mark- or Sonic the Hedgehog. I used Adobe Illustrator to give you a better idea of what I have. Edited July 23, 2010 by saki007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 It looks like it might be an ammonoid? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Wow, you did great with that picture. It is some sort of ammonite, but I don't know what type. When you are at UAH's Library, look for the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology". UAH has most of the volumes and probably has the one IDing your find. If you have never looked at this series of books, be prepared to stay a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saki007 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 Thanks so much for the help, Auspex & N.AL.hunter. I will get to UAH ASAP. It never penetrated my thick skull to look in The Salmon Library for some reason. Thanks again, N.AL.hunter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Thanks so much for the help, Auspex & N.AL.hunter. I will get to UAH ASAP. It never penetrated my thick skull to look in The Salmon Library for some reason. Thanks again, N.AL.hunter! By all means check out the ammonite volumes, but I'd also consider the possibility of some sort of bellerophontid snail or a monoplacophoran. Maybe a sort of Mississippian version of the Ordovician Cyrtolites. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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