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facehugger Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Wow! Awesome find. I can't help identify, but I can tell you that anyone that can will want more information. How did you acquire it? What locale did it come from, and if you know this, what formation? Since it is on bubble wrap, I assume that you purchased this specimen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 You can download a helpful paper here. 4 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrod Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 No I did not purchase a found by Sterling Kansas that was just bubble wrap that I had on my table at home in my shed talk to geologist Susan Stover but the Department of Kansas geology center in Lawrence Kansas sent her pictures and she emailed me back she could tell me it was from an iron crustacean and That she would put a date on it from 80 to 95,000,000 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 4 hours ago, PFOOLEY said: You can download a helpful paper here. @Gerrod, please ignore the above reference (at least in regard to the specimen in question) that I provided...those Scaphites are much too young. This... MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATIONS IN THE AMMONITE SCAPHITES OF THE BLUE HILL MEMBER, CARLILE SHALE, UPPER CRETACEOUS, KANSAS ... will be much more helpful. 3 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrod Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 I’ve already talk to ku Susan Stover the manager of the Kansas Department of geology told me to contact SterlingBurg Museum in Hayes Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrod Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hi Gerrod, That is a beautiful ammonite you found. It looks to be in an iron-cemented shale concretion. Since you found it in Rice County, I¹ll guess that it may be from the Graneros Shale, a Cretaceous aged deposit that is known for ammonite fossils. That would be the upper end ³age of dinosaurs² - perhaps 80 - 95 million year old (which is after the Jurassic and Triassic). The other fossil you found is a large bivalve, like a clam shell. These fossils are remains from when Kansas was covered by a large inland sea. Nice finds, especially the ammonite. Susan Susan Stover, P.G. Geologist, Outreach Manager Kansas Geological Survey 1930 Constant Ave., Lawrence, KS 66047 Ph: 785.864.2063 Fax: 785.864.5317 sstover@kgs.ku.edu www.kgs.ku.edu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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