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Looking for help identifying and prepping a cephalopod fossil.
Neurodynamic posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, I am an amateur fossil hunter whos level of knowledge is pretty limited. I love going out and hunting but my ability to identify and prep what I find is quite limited. I found this cephalopod fossil near Cincinnati Ohio a couple of years ago and it is by far my best find ever. I'm typically fine picking at or grinding away with a Dremel trying to prep my finds as they are usually small bits. Nothing I'm worried about ruining. This is something different and I'm pretty apprehensive about working on it. I read there isn't much harm in gluing it back together and I attempter this. It looks ok but 2 pieces didn't take so it's still in 2 pieces. There are also many very thin pieces of shell that came off the back when I dug it out. There also appears to be a small trilobite in the underside of the rock. What I would like to know is more information on the species it is, as well as if there is a person or place I can send it to get prepped. For identification purposes here is what I know. The area it was found in Cincinnati Ohio in a bed known for Cambrian era fossils. Estimated age is 450-500 million years. I am not a rich man so I cannot afford to spend too much on prep but it is the best fossil I've found so far. I would be willing to spend as much as my budget allows on getting it cleaned up and put back together. I do not know what to expect price wise so if anyone has a guestimate please let me know. Thanks ahead of time to anyone that can help me out.
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Relevant info first: This was found in Petoskey Michigan while looking for Petoskey stones. It was found in partially buried in sand. It is quite large and rather heavy. As pictured in picture 5, there is some sort of opening at the end? I can't get a very good picture of the inside, it's hard to get light where i need it and take a picture. the hole looks to maybe be about a 1/2 mm deep, and less than that wide. I took to reddit, albeit with less detailed photos and was told it was a straight shelled nautiloid cephalopod from the paleozoic, and that it was a brevicone, which I'm hoping someone can confirm or deny, or point me towards relevant info. I was trying to find more and found this on your forum, which is the first thing I've found online that actually looks something close to what I have: Anyways, Thanks for looking, and any help you can offer.
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From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
a Normannites ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Bajocian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Indet Nautiloid from Nanteuil (either Bajocian or Bathonian) -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
a Peltoceras ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
From the album: 2020, a year in review - 3 : cephalopods & gastropods
Oecoptychius refractus a weird ammonite from Saint-Laon (France) - Callovian - collected in october 2020 -
Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: Probably apart of the Raytown limestone member Found this weird fossil on my latest fossil hunting trip, I personally believe it to be some sort of Amminoid since the pattern seems to extend away from the shell and not towards it, but I have only found Nautiloids in the area ( Only 2 spiral shaped specimens that do not look like this and 3 cone shaped.) If anyone can Identify if this is a an Ammonoid or something else I would love to know more! the middle Section with the weird ball like pattern in the middle and what I assume are gas chambers around it
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I was trying to find the longest straight shelled cephalopod length but was unsuccessful, I heard anywhere from 7-14 feet. What's the real answer? Thanks.
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Hi everybody, I was wondering if you could help me with this. I found this rock among the Ames Limestone around Pittsburgh. The limestone's chock full of crinoids and corals, but I wasn't sure what this fragment was. It looks like it might be from a cephalopod (belemnites or bactrites maybe?), but I'm really not positive. Could you guys help me out here? Thanks!
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This was found in southern Colorado. I’m not sure what it is.
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Straight Shelled Cephalopod Identification (Pennsylvanian?)
Thomas.Dodson posted a topic in Fossil ID
I collected this little worn cephalopod in a stream in Peoria County Illinois. The area is primarily Patoka-Shelburn Formation Undivided (Pennsylvanian) but it wasn't found in-situ. I sectioned a piece for identification and the siphuncle seems large for the Pennsylvanian cephalopods known from the area. To my eyes it looks a lot like Actinoceras (which I guess would mean Ordovician) based on the position and size of the siphuncle. Does anyone have any other ideas?
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Eutrephoceras sp. Cretaceous C and D Canal Delaware City, Delaware Mt Laurel Fm.- 1 comment
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
A Gryphea vomer bivalve made itself at home atop the internal mold of a tiny Baculites ovatus cephalopod. The whole thing is about 3 cm tall. Found in the Cretaceous spoils sands of the C&D Canal, Delaware -
Hey guys, the first one actually doesn't looks like a cephalopod, maybe part of a trilobite (from the Baltic coast)? 2. This flint remembers me of something from the bottom of the sea. Any Idea? Thanks in advance!
