Cool fossil

[myersdiggers1998]

I found this fossil about 5 years ago along the black river here in watertown.

 

[RED Matthews]

Well it is neat. I never found anything like that and would like to know more about it, or what it was. I guess every one else is in the same fog I am. Thanks, but please tell us more.
RED Matthews

 

[epackage]

Very cool piece Gordon....

 

[myersdiggers1998]

RED, I REALLY DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE ANIMALS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT MY AREA WAS ONCE AN INLAND SEA.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

Remember when we were fishing along the Black River and saw those huge ones in the rock bank. I wanted to cut one out.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Great Fossil!!! Gordon

ORIGINAL: myersdiggers1998

RED, I REALLY DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE ANIMALS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT MY AREA WAS ONCE AN INLAND SEA.

So was Sewell New Jersey Gordon under water, My hometown is the largest Dinosaur and fossil mine in the world right now just 2500 feet from my house. You should see the items they are pulling out of there weekly. I heard last week another T-Rex Jaw was found that is astounding. I posted about this a while back in the fall of 2012........ Here is the lead Scientist Ken Lacovaraof Drexil University in charge of the whole Inversand site project for the State of New Jersey. Sewell New Jersey, Global importance the gentleman says in the video along with calling it a world heritage site, who would have thought.[8|] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcf0fs65iHQ

 

[myersdiggers1998]

WOW! STEVE ,thats so cool to have that at your door step , I would volunteer to help out there with digs, a dream come true.

 

[frozenmonkeyface]

Cool find Myers!!! Fossils, to me, are always cool, no matter what they are. Half of the time I have no idea. haha

That is REALLY cool Steve!!! I would be out there watching them every chance I got, if they allowed it! haha

 

[Plumbata]

Hey Gordon, that fossil you found is great, I really don't see stuff like that often around here. I believe that the bottom ribbed trumpet-shaped shell of an organism was that of the precursor of the nautilus (in form); the ammonoid. Most ammonites have the classic circular coiled form, but there were heteromorphic varieties with relatively straight shells (as if the coil was unrolled and extended). I imagine that this adaptation served some evolutionary benefit; perhaps they were more hydrodynamic and able to flee from danger more quickly? The other fossils may be another similar variety of ammonite, but with the shells having a relatively smooth versus ribbed construction.

These cephalopod fossils are more interesting than your standard coral fragments or crinoid stems, as they were quite advanced and intelligent creatures. Thanks for sharing, and if there are nicely preserved larger examples that could be chipped-out, I'd be collecting myself an example or two if I were in the area. Thanks for sharing your find!

 

[myersdiggers1998]

I have a whole box full plummy . When I was a kid I had a laundry basket full . Believe it or not my prized fossil was a mini dinosaur with feathers . I wouldnt clean my room and my parents took the whole thing to the dump.So sad ,considering how rare dino birds are , I would be rich im a thinkin.[]