Ordovician in Tennessee (Help!)

[Terri]

Going back to the Horn Corals, I found this when i went out to get the picture of the Beekite, is it a cross section of a Horn Coral?

 

[Architeuthoceras]

Yes, that is a cross section of a horn coral.

 

[Terri]

Since OB posted his bad orthocone pic. I'll post my bad (Gonioceras?) pic. the only "crazy river" here though was the sweat pouring from my brow...110 heat index that day. I stayed just long enough to get a few pictures and this is the best one from the bunch.

 

[DWhatley]

I see some kind of funky animal with a large head, huge eyes, a segmented body and skinny little legs. That wet mud looks almost as red as our clay.

 

[Terri]

Well you kinda got the segmented body part right, and the clay, there's a layer of it up on the sides of the quarry and it's washing down onto my rocks. Not that we've had any rain lately but the spring rains really made a mess of things.

 

[DWhatley]

I swear I have seen my version of the critter in some animated something or other but I am not likely to find it to prove it to you

 

[ieatfalalfel]

It appears that what you have found is a ruler. We use these to measure things.

 

[ieatfalalfel]

ohh, sorry none of the images except one with the camera focused on a ruler were visible.

 

[Terri]

I did post a disclaimer stating a "bad" pic! But it's there I swear, just to the left of center above the hammer, towards the top! D has it but her vivid imagination has added legs and eyeballs.

 

[DWhatley]

Does this help?

 

[Terri]

Your too funny D, I needed a good laugh.. ...I can see the headlines...First Gonioceras Described With Eyeballs Intact....

 

[Architeuthoceras]

PhotoShop may put paleontology on a whole new course...

 

[Terri]

What do you think Kevin possible trilobite parts? Just left of the seven on the ruler.

 

[DWhatley]

Legs from the critter above

 

[Architeuthoceras]

Probably a genal spine with associated pleura... at least until D attaches them to the other critter she's inventing