# Found an Ammonite fossil! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199 "2021-08-07T15:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/1 "2021-08-07T15:45:52Z")
I was at Trent Falls on Vancouver Island and found this super awesome ammonite fossil. The area is known for fossils which was the main reason we were there so I was super happy to have found it. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51363928600_e28880692f_b.jpg "Inoceramis Vancouverensis") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/56821557@N06/51363928600/in/dateposted-public/) Found this awesome rock at the same place: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51363927060_346fd41aa1_b.jpg "Epidote maybe") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/56821557@N06/51363927060/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/2 "2021-08-07T16:28:37Z")
But was it an ammonoid, ceratite or goniatite ammonite? Man, the weird shit I had to memorize for my historical geology class was encyclopedic and it’s really bizarre how much of it is still stuck to the recesses of my brain! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/3 "2021-08-07T16:54:06Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > But was it an ammonoid, ceratite or goniatite ammonite? I can’t see any signs of sutures at all in the photo. _Maybe_ the dark patches on the visie side could be aragonite and _maybe_ there is a hint of sooth curves that indicate some kind of nautiloid, but from the one photo I don’t see anything that looks like an ammonite. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/4 "2021-08-07T17:05:38Z")
I think it’s a piece from a much larger ammonite? Also, if you click on the photo you can see it really zoomed in. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/5 "2022-03-14T17:24:57Z")
I went to a local rock and gem show yesterday and there was a fossil expert there. He said it was inoceramus vancouverensis. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/6 "2022-03-14T18:40:25Z")
Col! I always wanted to find a fossil like that. But I only found bryozoans, pelecypods, and maybe some crinoid remains near my house. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/7 "2022-03-14T19:51:08Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > He said it was inoceramus vancouverensis. Link: > **[INOCERAMUS VANCOUVERENSIS](https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2018/10/inoceramus-vancouverensis.html?m=1)** > > Top Paleontology Blogs ARCHEA Best Science Podcasts 2023 Fossil Huntress The Next David Attenborough Indigenous Norwegian First Nation Designer ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/8 "2022-03-15T08:45:24Z")
Vancouver seems like an unexpected place to find Ammonite fossils. I’d have expected to find them in the Mid-East, particularly around the Jordan River. > [@](#): > > In the time of Moses, the fertile plains of the Jordan River valley were occupied by the Amorites, Ammonites and Moabites. When Israel left Egypt, the Ammonites refused to assist them in any way, and God punished them for their lack of support ([Deuteronomy 23:3-4](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Deut%2023.3-4)). Later, however, as the Israelites entered the Promised Land, God instructed them, “When you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession” ([Deuteronomy 2:19](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Deut%202.19)). The Israelite tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of Manasseh claimed the Amorite territory bordering that of the Ammonites. > **[Who were the Ammonites? | GotQuestions.org](https://www.gotquestions.org/Ammonites.html)** > > Who were the Ammonites? What was the origin of the Ammonites? Why were the Ammonites so often at war with the Israelites? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/9 "2022-03-15T14:42:30Z")
Interesting, thank you! Here on Vancouver Island we have Ammonite Falls: [https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/ammonite-falls-regional-trail](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/ammonite-falls-regional-trail) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/10 "2022-03-15T15:05:58Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Here on Vancouver Island we have Ammonite Falls In China they have octopus rain. > **[Powerful Storm in China Brought 'Seafood Rain'](https://www.newsweek.com/storm-china-seafood-rain-octopus-photos-fell-sky-979580)** > > A photo of an octopus that appeared to have fallen from the sky, after being swept from the sea, went viral on Chinese social media after someone snapped the picture during the storm on Wednesday in the city Qingdao. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/11 "2022-03-15T19:09:17Z")
I thought the Ammonites entered a long decline after they were attacked by David. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/079.David_Attacks_the_Ammonites.jpg/1280px-079.David_Attacks_the_Ammonites.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/079.David_Attacks_the_Ammonites.jpg/1280px-079.David_Attacks_the_Ammonites.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/12 "2022-03-15T19:43:16Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In China they have octopus rain. It’s the Second Coming of Cthulhu! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/13 "2022-03-15T19:45:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Vancouver seems like an unexpected place to find Ammonite fossils. I’d have expected to find them in the Mid-East, particularly around the Jordan River. And evolutionists still claim the Bible has no truths to support their beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/14 "2022-03-15T20:58:58Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Vancouver seems like an unexpected place to find Ammonite fossils. I’d have expected to find them in the Mid-East, particularly around the Jordan River. A bit to the east, actually, around the city of Amman, Jordan, their former capital (also known as Rabat Amon by the ancient Hebrews). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/15 "2022-03-15T21:06:06Z")
Found a Mennonite fossil! Well, not really a ‘fossil’ per se. More like a corpse. Probably shouldn’t mention it, now that I think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-ammonite-fossil/948199/16 "2022-03-15T21:06:12Z")
I think this thread wins the internet today. Thanks, people!