ynot Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Found this little beauty while trying to remove some matrix from a larger ammonoid from Crittington springs Nevada. Thought some of You might like to see it. Thanks for looking Tony Edited February 2, 2015 by ynot
Auspex Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Ooooo This fossil has "it"! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
ynot Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 Ooooo This fossil has "it"! Thank You Auspex.
PFOOLEY Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Nifty specimen. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins
Ludwigia Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 That really is a beaut! Calcite? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/
ynot Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Nifty specimen. That really is a beaut! Calcite? Thanks Guys. Yes it is calcite. Also I forgot to specify size. (kick Myself again!) The ammonoid is 1 3/4 inches at widest point. Tony Edited February 2, 2015 by ynot
amour 25 Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Nice find indeed. Keep after it. many more I hope. Jeff Jeff
ynot Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 Nice find indeed. Keep after it. many more I hope. Jeff Thanks Jeff, I hope so also. Tony
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