Cheyenne Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Hello , I try not to make spelling mistakes . Does this little fossil , perhaps the size of a 2-euro coin , a small ammonite ? She looks different from others I already found . Someone can help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) Looks like one, but I'm not an expert on these things. Wait for someone with more knowledge and I'm sure you will get an answer. Edited May 16, 2016 by edd " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taj Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 It sure is , but with poor preservation . So further ID is unlikely unless you can provide the exact location and some local expert voices his opinon ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Looks like a heteromorph ammonites to me. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I think heteromorph ammonites also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 It may be a type of Scaphites. Can you tell us anything about the age or the name of the formation where it was found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Hi Welcome to the forum I think heteromorph ammonites as well, nice find Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) It was found at Serra d'Aire e Candeeiros, Lower Jurassic layers (probably Toarcian). My mom (Cheyenne) thought it was a different ammo and that's for why she picked it up.However, according to stratigraphical info, I think that this just a quite worn ammonite. Regards, Edited May 16, 2016 by Guguita2104 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 That rules out Scaphites then. It may be a Grammoceras, but like Taj says, the preservation is too poor for a proper id. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks,Ludwigia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 For you Americans unfamiliar with the size of a 2 euro coin, it's about the size of a Zloty, or a 2nd century Dupondius. That should clear things up. =-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Hi, For you Americans unfamiliar with the size of a 2 euro coin) As us, European : we don't know the size of $... Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Well, I guess we could totally avoid the use of coins, and say this specimen is about the diameter of the eyeball of a Watts Gnu. That should clear things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Also the size of a £2 coin in the UK Hope this helps Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) Well, I guess we could totally avoid the use of coins, and say this specimen is about the diameter of the eyeball of a Watts Gnu. That should clear things up. What's a watt gnu ? I agree that's an heteromorph. Edited May 17, 2016 by fifbrindacier "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I hate to say this, but heteromorphs are pretty well nonexistent in the lower Jurassic. I know of none in the Toarcian at any rate. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 (edited) I have thought there was something odd about the area where the last whorl seems to take off in a straight shaft. There is a little wiggle on the umbilical side of the flank that doesn't make sense. I believe that what looks like a straight growth in the shell is just the way the matrix has broken away and the actual ammonite ends right before that. Edited May 18, 2016 by BobWill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Nicely observed, Bob. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I have thought there was something odd about the area where the last whorl seems to take off in a straight shaft. There is a little wiggle on the umbilical side of the flank that doesn't make sense. I believe that what looks like a straight growth in the shell is just the way the matrix has broken away and the actual ammonite ends right before that. post-20558-0-01814900-1463399715a.jpg Good observation. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hello,despite having a small expert at home,sometimes I need to hear other opinions. I thank you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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