possible gastropod from Penn Dixie

[Monica]

Hello everyone!

 

This past Sunday, while I was at the "Dig with the Experts" event at Penn Dixie in Hamburg, NY, I found something a little different from my usual finds.  I think it's a gastropod, but I'm not at all sure, so I was hoping for your input.  The specimen is about 5mm in diameter, and you can see it in the eight pictures below - thanks in advance for your help!  Oh, and the age is mid-Devonian.

 

Monica

 

 

@DevonianDigger - are these pictures more helpful?  Thanks again!

 

[Jeffrey P]

Looks like a platyceras type gastropod to me. Some better exposure might reveal the genus and species.  

[Herb]

probably a Platyceras sp

[Nimravis]

Nice new avatar @Herb

[Peat Burns]

23 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Nice new avatar @Herb

On the tiny thumbnail on my phone he looks like a superhero, lol

[Tidgy's Dad]

Just now, Peat Burns said:

On the tiny thumbnail on my phone he looks like a superhero, lol

He IS a superhero! 

[Ludwigia]

Sorry to make things more complicated here, but although I can also see a possible Platyceras there, I wouldn't rule out goniatite. Can you remove it from the matrix without damaging it?

[Monica]

2 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Sorry to make things more complicated here, but although I can also see a possible Platyceras there, I wouldn't rule out goniatite. Can you remove it from the matrix without damaging it?

 

Hi Roger!

 

I haven't tried to remove the specimen because I'm worried that I'll damage it - whether it's a gastropod or a goniatite, either way it's a new find for me from Penn Dixie, so I don't want to ruin it!  Perhaps you can have a look at it with the aid of a loupe when you come to visit next month, and then you can advise me further?

 

Monica

[Ludwigia]

1 hour ago, Monica said:

 

Hi Roger!

 

I haven't tried to remove the specimen because I'm worried that I'll damage it - whether it's a gastropod or a goniatite, either way it's a new find for me from Penn Dixie, so I don't want to ruin it!  Perhaps you can have a look at it with the aid of a loupe when you come to visit next month, and then you can advise me further?

 

Monica

Yes, of course I can do that, unless you happen to see Malcolm beforehand.

[Malcolmt]

Monica, as they say you know where I live, it would take all of 5 minutes to clean it up for you. Not sure I would take it out of the matrix but then that is personal preference I always prefer fossils in matrix.

[DevonianDigger]

Yeah, those pictures reaffirm my initial thought of Platyceras, likely P. thetis.

[DevonianDigger]

10 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

On the tiny thumbnail on my phone he looks like a superhero, lol

 

He is a superhero!

[Tidgy's Dad]

Just now, DevonianDigger said:

 

He is a superhero!

SNAP ! ! ! ! 

[Monica]

2 hours ago, Malcolmt said:

Monica, as they say you know where I live, it would take all of 5 minutes to clean it up for you. Not sure I would take it out of the matrix but then that is personal preference I always prefer fossils in matrix.

 

Hi Malcolm!

 

Of course I'd love for you to clean up all of my fossil finds - I just don't want to bother you too much.  I do have a couple of things from Penn Dixie that I wouldn't mind you looking at/cleaning up - I'll PM you to see if I can drop by sometime when you're free...

 

Thanks for the offer!

 

Monica

 

PS - I also prefer to keep fossils in the matrix, when possible