can you get a closer picture of the line, it looks like a trilobite but I still can’t tell

@evan-bailey I’ll definitely try to if the lighting will work with me

ok, that should help

I don’t see any resemblance to a trilobite at all, I think the line is just a bit of mineral in the rock.

Spiral ammonite

Greetings @hagob-melkonyan ! To narrow down an ID, we might need some collection data info about where the specimen was obtained and its geological context.

@matthew-gramling This specimen was gifted to me when I was very young(this is what got me into fossil hunting). If I remember correctly this was obtained in Virginia but that’s all I can remember about it

Rude just don’t look at my comment

@aiden-gore I’m so sorry for not responding, what do you mean by spiral ammonite? are you talking about the sprial on the whole of the ammonite or the species of it?

Species

Actually, “spiral” is not a species, but it does mean that this ammonite does not seem to be a heteromorph ammonite. Heteromorph ammonites have their shells twisted in all sorts of weird ways, while this one seems to have a normal spiral shape to it. Anyways, nice specimen!

Oh I was sleepy sorry I meant to say what you said

Looks like incredibly preserved brachiopods! Nice find!

I think it is a Spiriferida (Brachiopod).

Thank you for the comments!

I second the comment on preservation and taxonomy. Gorgeous specimen!

Definitely Spiriferida, great find!