New Members SamHisey Posted June 4, 2017 New Members Share Posted June 4, 2017 I found this close to a lake where My famaiky has a cottage and I do not know much about fossils. There appears to be a creature of some sorts as well as a salt water shell even though we are thousands of miles from any salt water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Welcome to TFF! It is an orthocone nautilus. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Agreed, orthocone nautiloid with what looks a solitary coral to the right of it. Not sure of the age, maybe Devonian (about 360 to 420 million years) when the continents and oceans were very different from now. 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 + 1 for Orthocone. 3 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...
Kane Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 It is an orthocone nautiloid as others have already said, but the "shell" impression may actually be a horn coral impression. It seems consistent with the shape, although the picture is a bit blurry. As for being far from saltwater seas, keep in mind that these were deposited sometime in the Ordovician or lower Devonian period, and due to tectonic shift, the earth looked quite different. Most of where Ontario is now was south of the equator, and mostly shallow coral reef system seas. Here is a map of the Mid-Ordovician to give you a sense 3 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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