paleonet Perhaps not tentacles after all!

[John Jackson <strangetruther@xxxxxxxxx>]

It seems what I interpreted as tentacle stumps on the
ammonite are considered to be features of internal
wall (septum). 

However, you might like to check out the pictures:

http://www.geocities.com/strangetruther/ammotent1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/strangetruther/ammotent2.jpg

Cheers!

John V.Jackson


> Dear Mr. Jackson,
> 
> I apologize, but your finding is nice but no
> sensation. It is just an
> ammonite displaying a septum (which is a wall
> separating the previously
> air-filled chambers of the phragmocone). So there is
> no soft-tissue
> preservation or tentacles or anything, just the
> folds of the septum, sorry.
> What's nice about the specimen is a healed injury
> that is preserved on the
> lateral shell wall of the ammonoid shell, so keep it
> and don't throw it
> away.



		
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