Ammo I.D

[0dinofthenorth]

Can anyone help identify these ammonites from the Isle of Wight?

[Hamilcar]

With some "close-up" pictures I could have a look in my books.

[0dinofthenorth]

Ok, I’ll take some more pictures tomorrow!

[0dinofthenorth]

Sorry they're a little late, I had too much work to do yesterday.

[Hamilcar]

Hey,

I have had a look in my books and I think it might be a species of amonite called Psiloceras, but I am far from sure. I would advice you to google Psiloceras and see if the pictures match your specimen. If it turns out not to be Psiloceras (which is highly likley) I have got absolutley no clue what it could be. I will already include one of the pictures of a psiloceras on which i based the above conclusion.

Greetings,

Hamilcar

[0dinofthenorth]

Hi,
I looked it up and it looks very similar. Thanks for the ident! It's my birthday today (13th September) so I received some fossils, like a bison jawbone, Madagascan copal, and a whale ear bone.
Again, thanks for the identification.

[Hamilcar]

Happy birthday than!
If there any insects in the copal you should definetley look at it under a stereo-microscope! (I did that with mine and it makes it look even more beautifull)

Greetings,

Hamilcar

[Elbert]

Hello Odin, the ammonites are probably Cretacious and Psiloceras is a lower Lias(Jurassic) ammonite, so it will probably be another ammonite...

greetings, Elbert

[0dinofthenorth]

Hi all,
first, the copal does contain insects, so i'll be looking into that, and i'll also be looking into more ammonites for it to be. Thanks both of you!

[0dinofthenorth]

Sorry, I just found out these are not ammonites, but a worm called Rotularia concava. (jurassic)

[Editted by 0dinofthenorth on 15-09-2010 at 20:15 GMT +1]

[Editted by 0dinofthenorth on 07-10-2010 at 20:14 GMT +1]