TqB Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Megaonychites, form genus for the giant hooks that some belemnites have been shown to carry as a pair. By analogy with modern coleoids, they were probably carried by the males and used as mating claspers. This is a fairly large one at 3.4cm (the range is 0.5cm to about 4cm). It most likely belonged to a large Acrocoelites trisulculosus, by far the most common belemnite in these beds. Very rare in the UK but more frequent in the equivalent Holzmaden Posidonienschiefer. I've only seen one other from here - a partial - and that was mine until I gave it away thinking at the time it was a fish bone. (It was a long time ago... ). A recent acquisition from the usual auction site. (Found by a knowledgeable friend so the stratigraphy is good.) Mulgrave Formation ("Jet Rock"), Toarcian Stage, Lower Jurassic, near Whitby, Yorkshire, UK. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Simply awesome,both the specimen and the documentation Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Looks like a deadly scythe....I would never guess in a million years it was part of a squid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Very interesting. Great find 36 minutes ago, TqB said: gave it away thinking at the time it was a fish bone. (It was a long time ago... ). We’ve all had those moments. I left a weird looking black thing in a Silurian rock a year ago, only to learn it was a Rare shark tooth four months later “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Nice acquisition! 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...
TqB Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks, all! @doushantuo - Huxley was famously taken in by an arm crown from one of those (or similar) that someone had cobbled onto a belemnite rostrum. Of course, Holzmaden has the real thing with Passaloteuthis and Acrocoelites as well as other coleoids. Sadly, no belemnite arms are known from Yorkshire yet... Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Tarquin! That is gorgeous! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Simply awesome piece! Thanks for sharing this and teach all of us a little something. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Fantastic. Wonderful specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 8 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Tarquin! That is gorgeous! Thanks, Adam, a photogenic little thing. 4 hours ago, fossilized6s said: Simply awesome piece! Thanks for sharing this and teach all of us a little something. Thank you! I'm sure there'll be some in collections identified as fish bones. 2 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Fantastic. Wonderful specimen. Thanks, Bobby - very pleased to have had the chance to acquire it. It goes in the special belemnite drawer. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Oh wow the preservation is awesome Congrats! Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 12 hours ago, belemniten said: Oh wow the preservation is awesome Congrats! Thanks, Sebastian! You might be able to find these around Holzmaden... Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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