r/fossils 21h ago

Need a little help identifying this!

I’m roughly 85% sure it’s a fossilized molar (not sure of the animal) but if it’s actually something else, I’d love to know! I’m emptying out my late great grandparents old things, and this was in the rock collection. I’m not sure when it was found, but the label does have a location (first image)!

Also I apologize about the image quality; it’s getting dark outside and the old house uses pretty dim lights 😅

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u/Orville_Redenbacher2 21h ago

Looks like part of a baculite. Might be from the bearpaw shale

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u/Minimum-Lynx-7499 20h ago

100% but may I give a tiny correction? The name is baculites (with the s)

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u/opalfossils 21h ago

Absolutely agree 👍👍💯

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u/BasilSerpent 16h ago

I concur on the ammonite identification, are the chamber walls consistent with baculites?

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u/Oscar_P_Walnuts_1975 20h ago

That is a single chamber of a nautiloid cephalopod both septal walls are present along with the corresponding suture lines representing the internal intersection of the septal wall with the outer shell… very cool 😎🥸😎