minnbuckeye Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 This Ordovician gastropod is like no others that I have found. Any knowledgeable members able to educate me?? Maybe a strange maclurite?? Love the hollow crystalline interior. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 You have been a member long enough to know the information the forum needs to help get you the fastest most accurate ID. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Darktooth said: You have been a member long enough to know the information the forum needs to help get you the fastest most accurate ID. It's all in the tags! I always forget to look there. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 @Herb is the most serious gastropod guy I know with a pretty amazing collection. If that doesn’t work there is a Facebook gastropod group that is pretty serious if you’re on FB. I see the most awesome gastropod fossils I have ever seen show up on that group. They’re stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Are you sure that it's not a cephalopod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 6 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: It's all in the tags! I always forget to look there. Oops! Me and my big mouth! Sorry! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 @Darktooth, you are still correct in that I should have provided the info below in the text. Unfortunately, I had to close my new post early to go on an emergency call (I am a veterinarian) and knew my post was not as good as it should have been. @westcoast, I thought of the possibility but couldn't come up with an ID. If you look, this specimen this partial. It curled around an additional 270 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 6 hours ago, KimTexan said: If that doesn’t work there is a Facebook gastropod group that is pretty serious if you’re on FB. Unfortunately, I shy away from facebook . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Darktooth said: Oops! Me and my big mouth! Sorry! No worries. I just know that if I don't see it in the body of the post, the next place to check is the tags. Slowly, I am training myself to do this. I find I have to actually stop, and think "Check the tags!" Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 57 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: Unfortunately, I shy away from facebook . I don’t do much on there at all except for the fossil groups. The Dallas Paleontological Society has a very active Group Page. I have learned tons on there about sites and fossils found in the area, fossil identification, as well as events. I have also learned a lot about formations on there too. It has been a great resource for fossil hunting in my area. I orginally was coerced into joining FB. A close and dear cousin and his wife had just had a baby. He told me the only way I would get to see any pics was to join FB. Baby pics are irresistible. So I joined. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Any chance of it being a Bellerophontid gastropod? 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 7 hours ago, KimTexan said: @Herb is the most serious gastropod guy I know with a pretty amazing collection. If that doesn’t work there is a Facebook gastropod group that is pretty serious if you’re on FB. I see the most awesome gastropod fossils I have ever seen show up on that group. They’re stunning. These people aren't on the forum ? They are only on FB ? What a pity ! Because like me a lot of people don't have count and we can't benefit from their knowledge and their photos ! It would be nice if they come here ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 @Fossildude19, a good guess. the local Bellerophontid gastropods that I find are small. this is MUCH larger. Maybe there is a species that gets this large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 9 hours ago, westcoast said: Are you sure that it's not a cephalopod? Im inclined to ask this question again as there wasn't a reply. Im also on the cephalopod bus. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 @Coco, Herb is definitely on this forum and usually responds with informative material. @Raggedy Man, with you having hunted in this formation, do you know of any cephs that remotely fit this specimen? I can't find any. I wish there were more research into our area than exists. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 The way that the section is broken off is curved and looks like it has a sphinacle, looks like a nice cephalopod to me. What state and formation is it from? packy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 53 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: @Coco, Herb is definitely on this forum and usually responds with informative material. @Raggedy Man, with you having hunted in this formation, do you know of any cephs that remotely fit this specimen? I can't find any. I wish there were more research into our area than exists. Mike Sadly, no. I also cannot recall seeing any gastropods that fit this as well. I do agree though that sufficient research material is lacking in our area. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 12 hours ago, KimTexan said: @Herb is the most serious gastropod guy I know with a pretty amazing collection. If that doesn’t work there is a Facebook gastropod group that is pretty serious if you’re on FB. I see the most awesome gastropod fossils I have ever seen show up on that group. They’re stunning. Serious?! That is a term I am unfamiliar with. I will have to look it up sometime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 6 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: @Fossildude19, a good guess. the local Bellerophontid gastropods that I find are small. this is MUCH larger. Maybe there is a species that gets this large. Here is a Cincinnatian species that does get fairly big: https://strata.uga.edu/cincy/fauna/gastropoda/Salpingostoma.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 On 05/10/2018 at 2:19 PM, Coco said: These people aren't on the forum ? They are only on FB ? What a pity ! Because like me a lot of people don't have count and we can't benefit from their knowledge and their photos ! It would be nice if they come here ! Coco On 05/10/2018 at 2:11 PM, KimTexan said: I don’t do much on there at all except for the fossil groups. The Dallas Paleontological Society has a very active Group Page. I have learned tons on there about sites and fossils found in the area, fossil identification, as well as events. I have also learned a lot about formations on there too. It has been a great resource for fossil hunting in my area. I orginally was coerced into joining FB. A close and dear cousin and his wife had just had a baby. He told me the only way I would get to see any pics was to join FB. Baby pics are irresistible. So I joined. I'm on fb but Don't visit it often, except to post some of my fossils. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 @minnbuckeye Can you tell if it is conical? I found this in 'Index Fossils of North America'. It is widespread in the Ordovician/Silurian and known in the Mississippi valley. Eotomaria spp. The one circled is Eotomaria supracingulata. I hope this helps, or at least is a lead. 2 Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Hey @minnbuckeye! How about a monoplacophoran? I know that the genus Cyrtolites is found in my area (Upper Ordovician), and apparently it's also been found in the Upper Ordovician of Kentucky... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 @Monica, this specimen definitely spirals around. As mentioned, the outer whirl is broken off. So it is unlikely it is a monoplacophoran. Those are neat! Never ran into one before. @Bullsnake, looks like a definite possibility!! found mention of it in a few Minnesota publications!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 maybe Sinuites sp? 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 also possibly Phragmolites sp 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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