Fossil from Sweden...

[Therese]

Hi !

I have a fossil (or at least I think it´s a fossil) that I would know more aboute. It was found at Kinnekulle in Sweden. If anyone here have some information aboute it please let me know.

Kind regards Therese

[Smaug]

I believe it is an orthoceras.

You can find some info about Kinekulle on this site http://english.fossiel.net/locations/lo ... Kinnekulle.

About the orthoceras you will find some examples here: http://english.fossiel.net/determinatie ... dpl_id=105

(Please correct me if i am wrong )

[Therese]

Thank you so much for your help ! :)I also sent an email to another member here and he said the same thing.

Once again, thank you very much !!

Have a nice day !

Kind regards Therese

[0dinofthenorth]

It is a very nice sized orthoceras!

[Trilobite]

Yup, like I said in the mail it's an Orthoceras, or as it's also called in English, and Orthocone.
Probably from either the upper Cambrian or Lower Ordovician period, which is roughly 488 million years ago.

And the reason it's so shiny is because it's polished.

[Bewerkt door Trilobite op 08-03-2011 om 23:27 NL]