Ben_S Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I found this washed up in a pile of rock. I'm in Southwestern Wisconsin. Does anybody know what it might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 It looks like an 'orthocerid" cephalopod. Can you take some more photos? Too, the name of a nearby city would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 ...and a big 'un, too. "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 solius symbiosus Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 ^Yeah, it is a nice one. I bet he was king of his neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_S Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Thanks for the response. Based on the information you provided and a little more digging, it looks like it is an Endoceras Cephalopod. Here's another shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 While endocerids did grow to enormous lengths, their primary defining characteristic is a large siphuncle. Generally, it is difficult to assign the Orthocerida to a family without some defining features present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayahuang Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 It looks like an 'orthocerid" cephalopod. Can you take some more photos? Too, the name of a nearby city would be helpful. what is 'orthocerid" cephalopod?? is that some kind of animal? btw anyone please tell me what fossil is this? thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 what is 'orthocerid" cephalopod?? is that some kind of animal? "Orthoceras" is a generic term to describe straight shelled cephalopods. It is probably archaic these days with most prefering orthoconic, but old habits die hard. THIS is a link to a Wiki page that describes cephalopods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_S Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 We got hit with more water a couple of weeks ago. Didn't have to work too hard to find these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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