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I am a complete newbie at this. 

This was found with a batch of rocks that I bought at an estate sale in Nevada, USA. I have no idea where it may have been originally found.

We took more photos but I could only attach these two. The tape measure is showing centimeters.

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Fruitbat Regular Member

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Welcome to The Fossil Forum, Nevadan!  It appears to me that you've got some sort of partial nautiloid there but I don't pretend to be an expert on cephalopods so I'll leave it to the experts to attempt to tell you what kind it is.

 

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Tidgy's Dad Regular Member

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It looks like a goniatitic suture to me. 

If so that would have been a pretty big goniatite. 

Nice. :)

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Some ceratites have similar sutures as well, maybe a better match. 

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@PFOOLEY might have some expertise here

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1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

It looks like a goniatitic suture to me. 

 

I agree

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Thank you, Guys!!!

I looked up goniatitic suture and goniatites. I am amazed and impressed by the images. Most of them look so smooth and gorgeous (and certainly more complete than this specimen is). Are they usually polished?

I don't suppose there's any way to guess at where it may have been found? 

Hey, now I can add another photo.

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Some people like them polished for display, others like them natural. 

Sometimes they are naturally smooth and look polished! :)

No idea where it's from, I'm afraid. 

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