Planko Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Hey All During my prep of another ammonite I found these two small guys. Are they infant ammonites or gastropods? Planko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I think they are ammonites, but I couldnt say if they are "babies" or just a very tiny version. I have found many of them while prepping out big ammos from the Duck Creek. Sadly, theyve never been savable for me. "There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 These could just as easily be gastropods, but it's difficult to tell from these photos. You would need to prep them out a bit and show views from the side and better close-ups. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Thanks for the responses. I will do what I can with any prep work but definitely work on better photos. They are pretty brittle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Planko said: Thanks for the responses. I will do what I can with any prep work but definitely work on better photos. They are pretty brittle. Their problem is that they aren't really "there". The shells long ago dissolved, so these are just a limestone mold of where it used to be. So its a limestone mold inside a limestone rock. You'll just have to get lucky that one has a really good weakness plane around it that allows the outer rock to pop away cleanly. "There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Ammonites will have suture lines, it doesn't matter if the outer shell is dissolved 1 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Cropped, rotated, and brightened: Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
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