I've temporarily posted pictures of the Finis Shale conularids here:
http://www.slamen.com/Finis/conularid.html in case they help your
I.D.
I have always thought these were Paraconularia sp. , but
haven't verified it. Don't know if a mold can hold the groove and edge
detail that's shown.
Jeanean Slamen
ann molineux wrote:
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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