Re: paleonet Fossil id help requested Update

[ann molineux <annm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are fairly Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) conularids in Texas. The Finis Shale produced many examples of conularids, and I have found them higher and lower in the section.
ann
At 10:15 AM 10/21/2004, you wrote:

 First, I'd like to thank everyone who responded, I really appreciate it.  The suggestions I have received are machaeridian (my first guess), conularid, in particular an external mold (my second guess and the majority opinion), and a rostroconch (my third guess).  I think I can go with the conularid external mold.  This would make it the only conularid we have found at this locality, to go with a single fragmentary cephalopod and one semi-complete trilobite.   Anyone know of other Late Pennsylvanian/Carboniferous conularid occurrences? 
Sedond, several folks asked for a scale;  a photo with a 1 cm sclae is at:   http://tigger.uic.edu/~plotnick/LoneStarQuarryFossil2.jpg.

Again, my thanks - Roy


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