LizardLady1995 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 My brothers and I found them and I've never had them identified. If you know please tell me! Thank you!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Welcome to the forum. Those are some nice looking cephalopods. The first one is a nautiloid and the second and last are ammonites. Can you post an end view of the third fossil? It may be a coral. You will get more and maybe more detailed answers if you post these on the "fossil identification" sub-forum. Also something for scale to show the size as well as information about where they were found to give them an age. Thanks for showing your finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardLady1995 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 yes! thank you sooo much!!! i'll post another of #3 in the morning, a geologist friend of my family's swears it's a dinosaur bone, but i'd like to know for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diceros Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 LizardLady - I think your geologist friend is right: the 3rd specimen looks like a hunk of dinosaur bone (the inner bone structure, not an external surface you could identify more specifically). People like to cut and polish them, because they're often well-silicified. My guess would be that it's from the late Jurassic Morrison Fm. of the West somewhere. Although a lot of people who post pics on FF like to use shiny dimes or quarters for scale, I strongly recommend a ruler, because it's easier to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Were all these found in the same place? The first picture of the Nautiloid looks Paleozoic. The other three especially if the third one is bone look Mesozoic. Edited May 30, 2015 by howard_l Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardLady1995 Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 howard, the first and last were found in northern utah, the second was found in eastern idaho, and the third was found in colorado/wyoming area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm not seeing ammonites in the second photo, I see sections through solitary corals, probably Paleozoic rugose corals. "Northern Utah" is a big place, with rocks of every possible age. The same is true of your other locations. Without something more precise, such as a nearby town, they don't help narrow down the possible age of the specimens. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardLady1995 Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 here are more angles of #3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I am guessing the third picture is a Devonian Nautiloid. I would need more pictures from different angles to be more definite. As they said a better location might allow us to get a more exact information on the geological age. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 The second photo is probably a Cretaceous Ammonite. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I see horn corals in the second photo. Number three is likely a chunk of dinosaur... not identifiable beyond that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Can you get different views of the 2nd photo and put a quarter next to it to comparison. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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