Bev Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Ordovician. A shale I think. SE MN. My first impression was a long narrow gastropod, and then I saw Elvis!!! Then it was a crinoid. Then it was a ceph. So, I don't have a clue. Do you? Thanks for looking! Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleysGh0st Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Looks like a gastropod to me, with something else (part of a brachiopod?) next to the apex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Yes, I think it is part of a brach there. The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I concur with the above, Gastropod with part of a brachiopod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 (edited) This is one I have never seen before. Any thoughts on what it might be? The closest I can come is a Subulites sp. Edited September 30, 2013 by Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 (edited) Reminds me of an extra tall Fusispira which is a subgenus of Subulites. The appearance of a spiral is what is pointing all of us toward gastropoda but there are a few weird crinoids with strangely developed anal sacs that sort of come close. But the ones I'm thinking of are much younger of Carboniferous age. Edited September 30, 2013 by erose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Its just a drawing, but on page 474, plate 195, of the Index Fossils of North America, it shows a Subulites regularis that seems pretty close. Also indicates it was a Minnesota find. Anyway, first one I have found! And yes, I have seen pics of crinoids that aren't dissimilar to this. And then of course, cephs have chambers... The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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