Wrangellian Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Mike @minnbuckeye kindly sent me a package of orthocone nautiloids from his area recently. It's one of the taxa that are sparse in my collection so I was happy to accept the offer. I'm posting them to show what a generous guy he is and to elicit more info about them that might be missing... I don't think that big one in the lower right was labeled - Is it the same as the other large one, Elgin IA? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Nice! 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Those are some good looking orthocones! 1 “...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...
Ludwigia Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Very generous of minnbuckeye. Sorry I can't help with info. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Orthocones As long as it is a paleozoic cephalopod you got my attention growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I'd be happy with those! Especially the Isorthoceras sociale. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Now I remember what I sent you!! The unlabeled one is from a housing development in Rochester, Minnesota, Olmsted County. Likely from the Platteville formation, Ordovician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Thanks Mike, and everyone for the comments! I concur fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 What a lovely collection of orthocones. Mike is an exceedingly generous and thoughtful chap. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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