> It is a large half whorl of an ammonite.
> Allen Aigen
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> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:16:39 -0700 Avril Bourquin <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Hello Conchlers,
>>
>> I have a gentleman who bought a fossil from Tennessee He is looking
>> for help
>> in identifying it.  I have set up a Mystery Page up at:
>> http://www.manandmollusc.net/Mystery_shell_pages/RichardO.html


Yes indeed. They look Jurassic or Cretaceous, so they're not likely to
be Tennesseean...
Without good sutural detail, which doesn't appear to be present in
this specimen (probably a body-chamber steinkern), it's unidentifiable
even to family.


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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fan

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