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Folks have already identified them as spiriferid brachiopods and a more or less straight-shelled cephalopod. As to the age, they are mid-Paleozoic. The Maine Geological Survey would probably have specific information, if these are from bedrock and not some random glacial erratic. There are similar species in the Devonian; the Paleontological Research Institution has a good book recently on the Devonian fauna of New York. However, I don't know the brachiopods, cephalopods, or regional stratigraphy well enough to specify more than Ordovician-Carboniferous.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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