New Members lightfoot Posted March 11, 2013 New Members Share Posted March 11, 2013 Not my field at all but am interested. Driving off road and wheels came to a halt and guess what ! Picked it up as it looked interesting but I was not sure what it was. Washed it when I got back home and noticed the even patterns can anyone help me ID this before I give it to the local museum ? It measures about 14 inches by 8 wide and 8 deep. Grey colour on surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Unfortunately not but those parallel lines are interesting... They do look like gill lines... I can see where your coming from... Nice rock for the garden... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneman007 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 It looks like a chunk of limestone with a partial ammonite/nautiloid in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Edonihce Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Without any age or geology or anything, I don't know if we could actually speculate on subclass or order, but the lnes do remind me of some very large cephalopods I found in Michigan. . ____________________ scale in avatar is millimeters ____________________ Come visit Sandi, the 'Fossil Journey Cruiser' ____________________ WIPS (the Western Interior Paleontological Society - http://www.westernpaleo.org) ____________________ "Being genetically cursed with an almost inhuman sense of curiosity and wonder, I'm hard-wired to investigate even the most unlikely, uninteresting (to others anyway) and irrelevant details; often asking hypothetical questions from many angles in an attempt to understand something more thoroughly." -- Mr. Edonihce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members lightfoot Posted March 11, 2013 Author New Members Share Posted March 11, 2013 Thank you all - I am more fascinated by the minute, I shall go back and see what else I can find out. It is set in limestone and I found it near the sea in Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I agree with the large cephalopod suggestionFor comparison ... Click Here Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Diver Steve Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I would definitely say a chunk of cephalopod. It looks like there is a small piece of another one under the main one. Nice find. We find them here in Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 It reminds me of this Paracymatoceras texanum I find in the Cretaceous of Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I would agree with large staight shelled cephalopod. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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