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Nautiloid Cephalopod?


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What is the formation the quarry delves into? Location of the finds? This looks more like orthoceras than anything.

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Orthocone cephalopod. Probably not Orthoceras. 

 

 

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Where (County, state?) was this found? 

 

 

 

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Eastern Missouri covers a big area. :unsure:  ;) 

 

Check this geologic map to see what age the sediments may be. 

 

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10 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Orthocone cephalopod. Probably not Orthoceras. 

 

 

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Where (County, state?) was this found? 

 

 

 

Orthocone, Orthoceras, what's the difference? 

 

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5 minutes ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

Orthocone, Orthoceras, what's the difference? 

 

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It is 100 percent Ordovician I'll say that much. 

 

I own some land in Ste. Gen county that is right on the Ordo/Miss line so I find some decent things there from time to time. 

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5 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Click the Blue link. ;) 

Oh, so there was a naming change when they looked at Orthoceras and body structures of other orthocones, and they had differences in things like the siphuncle. Orthoceras itself is a genus, rather than being a unifying group.

 

Duly noted! :D

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11 minutes ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

like the siphuncle.

Any angle show evidence ?

The top might be the best bet. 

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Thanks for all your information everyone! I see this is a very helpful site already. I will get some top pics posted this evening.

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"orthocone" is a sort of shorthand morphological descriptor.

(greek for "straight cone")

 

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as regards siphuncular structures:a recent baseline

 

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