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  • Ancient snail????

    Found on river gravel bar in Robertson co tn
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    Benny / Western Highland Rim / Tennessee

  • #2
    If it's a snail, it's a lil' on the chubby side...


    I'm not sure. I hope some of our fossil experts give an explanation.
    "The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee

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    • #3
      I think that's a fossil... Nice find
      SW Connecticut

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      • #4
        Yeah, fossil ...

        Lubbock County Tx

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        • #5
          It appears to be a very water worn(smooth) trilobite fossil.

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          • #6
            That's interesting....I've always wanted to find a trilobite....but all that I have seen have been "stretched" out and imprinted in rock......did trilobites fold up like a like a snail would?
            Benny / Western Highland Rim / Tennessee

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            • #7
              Benji, you are finding all kinds of interesting things.
              California

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              • #8
                Cool find
                South Dakota

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                • #9
                  It is a snail. From the extinct genus Gastropod and the exact specimen is a Bellerophon from the Ordovician period. I have attached a picture of a Bellerophon for ID comarison. If you google bellerophon fossil , you will find more like yours for further ID. Yours is a very fine example. Louvier
                  Last edited by Louvier; 05-05-2019, 09:06 PM.

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                  • #10
                    Thank you for your input Louvier...after several Google searches......my find does appear to be a bellerophone
                    Benny / Western Highland Rim / Tennessee

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                    • #11
                      Very interesting

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