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Help ID Ordovician Fossil

By AJ58
March 23, 2019 in Fossil ID

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AJ58

Posted March 23, 2019

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Posted March 23, 2019

Hoping Someone will recognize this one . found in creek gravel from Ordovician.

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ynot

Posted March 23, 2019

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Posted March 23, 2019

Orthocone nautilus.

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.

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DevonianDigger

Posted March 23, 2019

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Posted March 23, 2019

It would appear from the images provided to be part of an internal mold from a cephalopod.

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Jay A. Wollin

Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve

Hamburg, New York, USA

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PaleoOrdo

Posted October 26, 2020

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Posted October 26, 2020

The smaller circles seen most clearly in the first picture indicate it is a nautiloid with a pattern on the surface.

Martin

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