DessaRose Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) While hunting in one of my favorite spots, I actually accidentally stepped on this on my way to grab a big baculite and didn't even see it at first! (big goofy grin) Oh and it's 6.11 pounds. (The light colored one was the one I was headed for when I stepped on the ammonite) Edited January 28, 2016 by DessaRose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billheim Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 That ammonite is beautiful. Nice. Where's the picture of your big goofy grin? :-) Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Wow! I saw them in the introduction post. Nice to see in details, here. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcordova Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Is the ammonite maybe a Sphenodiscus? It's a real beauty! "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DessaRose Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Is the ammonite maybe a Sphenodiscus? It's a real beauty! They say the common ammonite species here is the Placenticeras, so I am guessing its that. There is a huge protected concentration of what they speculate was a nesting ground not far (~30 miles) from where I found this.... http://thenaturalworld1.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-story-of-kremmling-ammonite-site.html%C2'> Its an amazing pace to visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Very nice... I wonder if any more of this shell is laying about the same area... It looks to have been complete at somepoint.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Very nice... I wonder if any more of this shell is laying about the same area... It looks to have been complete at somepoint.... Ha! If only! We have Placenticeras in the late Createous deposits here in Alberta. I can go out in some remote area and find a pristine fragment of an ammonite 'pie'. What looks like a fragment that just broke off yesterday. Then spend 20 minutes searching up and down, all around and find nothing else. It's as if the fragment was teleported to the spot or some coyote had run off with the rest of be specimen to play a trick on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Very nice finds One can find amo in Alberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Ha! If only! We have Placenticeras in the late Createous deposits here in Alberta. I can go out in some remote area and find a pristine fragment of an ammonite 'pie'. What looks like a fragment that just broke off yesterday. Then spend 20 minutes searching up and down, all around and find nothing else. It's as if the fragment was teleported to the spot or some coyote had run off with the rest of be specimen to play a trick on me. That is why the Native American myths often represent the coyote as a trickster. They will carry fossil fragments in their teeth for miles and sit in the bushes laughing at fossil hunters as we try to find the remnants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DessaRose Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 I looked all over for other parts, but I found it at the bottom of a wash, so Im going to guess if it wasnt the coyotes, mother nature was getting a good giggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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