Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I found this last Friday. It's unusually large fossil for my area. It was found in creek gravel bar so is difficult to pin down formation. It may even have tumbled down from Permian which is only mile and a half upstream. It has what looks a bite mark across the side. The reverse of detailed side has been worn off. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Looks like a nautilus to Me. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 The curve is so slight, I thought it could possibly be large orthocone. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I was thinking orthocone as well. I really wish I knew more about Kansas geology to help out, but my searches have turned up bumpkis for this particular piece. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 @Kane Bumpkis here, as well. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Very cool find whatever it may be. It makes me think there is hope for the coolness of some of the fragments I pick up, but that’s cool even if it’s a fragment for how big it is. I say cephalopod, what kind I have no clue. It is huge! I am leaning towards Permian. I know nautaloids were fairly common in the Permian, but that is about all I know. I know a little about Pennsylvanian and I can’t think of any nautili that big, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. The big cephalopods I think of were the orthoceras. They got pretty big. My did lives near Fayettevile, Arkansas and they found I think it was a couple 6- 7 feet long orthoceras in Fayetteville, which tends to be Pennsylvanian, Mississippian around there. Yours appears to have a curve though. Could the curve be due to being broken or crushed? If so then I’d say might Pennsylvanian orthoceras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 I found this not far from the above, though it's only 9 inches long. Admire Group. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, KimTexan said: Yours appears to have a curve though. It may appear more curved from damage/loss to the left of red line. Seven foot long orthoceras... wow! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Definitely leaning towards orthoceras then. Exactly what part of Kansas was this in? That would have been a whopper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I agree with orthocone. I like how the siphuncle is still visible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 @KimTexan I've drawn a red circle around my general hunting area. Disregard this map and see below. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 @Foozil I'm not sure if that hole is the siphuncle related, but maybe. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 @KimTexan Got my first map wrong (considering new pair glasses!). Here is correct. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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