Absurdly Curious Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Here's another one, smashed up crazy concretion, a shell, or are those legs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurdly Curious Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 Oops, sorry, found in creek in middle TN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Maybe a gastropod? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 nautiloid with weird crystally preservation 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurdly Curious Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 Yeah @grandpa, definitely more gastropod than ammonite. I'm silly, ammonites are a flat roll with ridges around the outer edge. This is more of a forward roll with smoother outer surface. (And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my fossil vocabulary) @jpc I hope so! I don't have one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Part of a coiled shell covered in beekite? 3 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurdly Curious Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 Also, if it is a fossil, not sure how much of it is matrix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurdly Curious Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 (quickly looking up beekite...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 33 minutes ago, Absurdly Curious said: definitely more gastropod than ammonite. That said, I would not rule out Nautaloid per JPC as a possibility. He's another fine member of the party that you will enjoy knowing. Can I refresh your drink? (OK, I'll stop this fun now. I was just so pulled in by the pathos of your introduction that I got hooked and couldn't quit. I'm sure you feel welcome to the forum now and so I'll quit with my fun because I sense that it might soon wear thin if it hasn't already. ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) The cross section of the aperture looks very kidney bean shaped and symmetrical to me... hence my call of nautiloid. (5th and more photos). Edited June 2, 2023 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) This looks like a bellerophont. If your bedrock is Ordovician, Sinuites is a good candidate. Edited June 2, 2023 by connorp 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "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...
Oregon1955 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Hey, Welcome to the forum! Are there any hot springs in the area? It looks so fragile. A more recent organic something covered by hot mineral saturated water? Is it called sinter? Probably out in left field if it was found in your crinoid creek. You're in the right place to get expert help, but that's not me. Best of luck, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Hi, to decide between gastropod and nautiloid take a close look if you see any septae (walls). Nautiloids have their shell divided into chambers, living only in the last one. Gastropods do not. Best Regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 On 6/1/2023 at 7:05 PM, connorp said: This looks like a bellerophont. If your bedrock is Ordovician, Sinuites is a good candidate. My ID of nautiloid is based on my own knowledge of both snails and nautiloids. I know vert little about paleozoic snails... if there are some that are so easily confused with nautiloids, then it could be one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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