Snail Platyceras dumosum

Here is the view of the rock shown in yesterday's entry but it is the bottom side.

It is neat the at fossil came through the bottom of the rock and it has spines underneath.

Again, this gastropod is from the Devonian Period Jeffersonville Limestone and appears to be Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840).

Platyceras dumosum

Here is another picture of gastropod specimen posted earlier. It is from a different vantage point. My cousin found it in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana USA and has been slowly extracting it with a sand blaster.

It appears to be a Devonian Period snail (gastropod) called Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840).

Sandblasted Platyceras dumosum

Here is a spiny snail my cousin found at a road cut in Clark County, Indiana. I believe he spent about 20 hours sand blasting it to get the spines to show up.

It appears to be a Platyceras dumosum from the Devonian time period.

Spiny Snail: Platyceras dumosum?

Here is another spiny snail found during a geology society field trip in July to a Sellersburg quarry (I think). It is embedded very well in a rock but it probably is a Platyceras dumosum from the Devonian period.

Platyceras dumosum

Here is a gastropod or snail from the fossil collection of Louisville's Charlie Oldham. I believe it is a Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840) from the Devonian Period. I thought these creatures were somewhat rare but recently I keep seeing fossils of them. It is usually found in the Jeffersonville Limestone.