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This fossil was tucked away at the back of my Whitby ammonite collection draw with no label. I’ve asked my son if he could shed any light on how it came to be there. As it’s not like any Whitby Ammonite I’ve seen before, and to be honest it almost has a somewhat Silurian gastropod appearance to it similar to Poleumita discors which I have a few. My son is often rummaging through my fossil draws which is absolutely fine.

 

I’ve kept a record of all the fossils that have been collected over the years but unfortunately this one has slipped under the radar.

 

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

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Regards.....D&E&i

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What a beautiful and confusing looking fossil. It looks like ceratitic ammonite, but because the vent turns to the side I guess that's out. Great photos! 

 

Scaphites?

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Can you remove that little bit of matrix in the middle? I'm pretty sure it's not a cephalopod, but rather some kind of oyster with epibionts.

 

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Gastropod. As he said it could be the Silurian gastropod Poleumita discors. See one from http://fossiilid.info/7586.

 

 

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Fairly sure it's a gastropod, but I can't make it into anything I know of from the Whitby area

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Another vote for Silurian Poleumita. I agree there's nothing like that from the Whitby area.

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It looks to be a perfect match: Poleumita discors

 

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Yup. Until now I didn't know of the existence of this gastropod. I'll go along with that now as well. You learn something new every day.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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Thank you one and all as a new label has now been applied Poleumita discors.

And I’m so pleased it is as this is the finest example I’ve ever found.      

Regards.....D&E&i

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