Crann Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Out hunting today on Whitby Jurassic coast and came across this beauty, measures 10", now I have came across bits n pieces of these in the past but never a complete specimen, does anyone know the name and how would I go about prepping this ? Worth polishing for best results ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I wouldn't polish it. What have you got on it right now, some sort of glossy coating, or just water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crann Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Just now, Wrangellian said: I wouldn't polish it. What have you got on it right now, some sort of glossy coating, or just water? Hi, just water as soaking it, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Oh good! Nice find, in any case. I can't say I've ever found a complete nautiloid over here in my Santonian strata. Just partials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crann Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Wrangellian said: Oh good! I'm not that crazy... ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I have no experience with those, so not sure what you should do, but a dang nice fossil!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douvilleiceras Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Do you know the epoch, as in Early/Lower Jurassic, Middle Jurassic, or Late/Upper Jurassic? Regards, Jason "Trilobites survived for a total of three hundred million years, almost the whole duration of the Palaeozoic era: who are we johnny-come-latelies to label them as either ‘primitive’ or ‘unsuccessful’? Men have so far survived half a per cent as long." - Richard Fortey, Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Are you absolutely certain that you have a nautilus there? I'm thinking that I can see the sutures of an ammonite on it. The whorl breadth is also extremely narrow for a nautilus. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Ludwigia said: Are you absolutely certain that you have a nautilus there? I'm thinking that I can see the sutures of an ammonite on it. The whorl breadth is also extremely narrow for a nautilus. Roger, I agree with you. My first impression was ammonite. Either way a gorgeous fossil. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 It wouldn't be a nautilus either way, that's a recent genus. It may be a nautiloid even though the whorl profile is more narrow than some but I can't see the sutures Ludwigia sees to tell. It is very involute so if it's an ammonite that would have to be a character to be considered. A good id may come from someone familiar with the Jurassic fauna from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Ludwigia said: Are you absolutely certain that you have a nautilus there? I'm thinking that I can see the sutures of an ammonite on it. The whorl breadth is also extremely narrow for a nautilus. I noticed the same thing and I thought I amended my post above to ask the same question, but I guess it didn't take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Hi, just can't see anything similar on Google, once it has soaked I will use dental tools to reveal the centre, it came from a recent cliff fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 43 minutes ago, Crann said: Hi, just can't see anything similar on Google, once it has soaked I will use dental tools to reveal the centre, it came from a recent cliff fall. Check out Phylloceras. I think I can see the typical striations on the outer living chamber. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 I agree with Roger, definitely a Phylloceras. I believe they're all P. heterophyllum from around there. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Appreciate your replies guys, seems a nice big one at 10", thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 It is absolutely beautiful - congratulations! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 2 hours ago, Monica said: It is absolutely beautiful - congratulations! Monica Thanks Monica, should clean up well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Gorgeous, congratulations. Please be sure to post it again, after it has been cleaned up and worked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 5 hours ago, dalmayshun said: Gorgeous, congratulations. Please be sure to post it again, after it has been cleaned up and worked on. I've used some dental tools on it and revealed more pattern, also removed shale around it, has what looks like a crack running through top part but is still in one piece, surprised it stayed in one piece after the fall tbh, will post pics up once dried out, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Lucky man. "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...
Crann Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Bit of dental tool work and coming out nicely, lot of work involved slowly prodding away the mineralization but worth it in the end for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Coming along nicely. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Looking good. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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