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Alex Stone posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 1 month ago
3 years, 1 month ago3 years, 1 month agoAlex Stone has contributed specimen mFeM 97363 to myFOSSIL!
Alex Stone posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 1 month ago
Alex Stone has contributed specimen mFeM 97363 to myFOSSIL!
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Cephalopod or arthropod, I’m unsure but it looks very interesting
Hi @alex-stone ! Did you collect this from the Waynesville/Arnheim formations?
@matthew-gramling
@matthew-gramling Yes! Waynesville/Arnheim
@alex-stone @a-trilobite My best hypothesis is that this is possibly an endoceratid cephalopod like Cameroceras. From the research, I’ve done the Waynesville is known for its cephalopod genera albeit Treptoceras is the key fauna.
I’ll send the supporting evidence for my theory soon.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301649104_Refined_stratigraphy_of_the_Late_Ordovician_Katian_Richmondian_Waynesville_Formation_across_the_northeastern_and_northwestern_margin_of_the_Cincinnati_Arch
This one is more critical to my hypothesis: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1066P
pg P26 figure 5 E2
Treptoceras duseri is also an option.
@matthew-gramling that is compelling evidence! Thank you for taking the time to help me out! Also, those research references will be very useful in the future. Thank you!
@alex-stone Glad to be of service!