patrick plesiosaurus Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I found these Graptolites in the Ashgill beds of fine slaty mudstone, at ash ghyll cumbria (You will have no idea where this is) I followed my book from 1969 explaining where to find graptolites. It says these are either monograptus argentus or monograptus fimbriatus ??? Does anybody know what type they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 3 hours ago, patrick plesiosaurus said: (You will have no idea where this is) Wanna bet? Don't presume. 3 hours ago, patrick plesiosaurus said: I followed my book from 1969 explaining where to find graptolites. It says these are either monograptus argentus or monograptus fimbriatus ??? A lot of the names have changed since 1969. 3 hours ago, patrick plesiosaurus said: Does anybody know what type they are? Yes, I think so. Have a look at my thread, pages two and three and see what you think. ADAM'S SILURIAN - Member Collections - The Fossil Forum Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick plesiosaurus Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 I do not understand how to identify them, they all look similar to me, most graptolites seam to curve in some way but these ones are all dead straight. If you are suggesting they are Normalograptus normalis I do not think they look too similar based on a google images search. Where at skelgill did you look (If you remember) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 The trick to identifying most things is to learn a bit about their morphology. Paleontologists often have terms for the different parts of different critters and those are good to know. That way you can use the written descriptions as well as the pictures or plates to help identify them. I don't know graptolites very well but if I had a bunch to identify the first thing I would do is research graptolites in general and learn the terminology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoOrdo Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 You should take better pictures, try take them from different angles near a good light source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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