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    By fifbrindacier

    Taxonomy

    Ichthyosarcolites

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Hippuritoida
    Family: Ichthyosarcolitidae
    Genus: Ichthyosarcolites
    Species: Ichthyosarcolites triangularis
    Author Citation Desmarest, 1822

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Cenomanian

    Stratigraphy

    Cenomian sediments

    Provenance

    Date Collected: 09/16/2017
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 11 cm

    Location

    Port des Barques
    Charentes-Maritimes
    France

    Comments

    Most of the time what is found of this Rudist are fragments of the internal cast of its left valve.

    Complete, it can reach one meter.

    Those are three fragments found in different places of Port des Barques. The longest are abbout 11 centimeters. The largest and smallest one has a width of more than three centimeters.

    Go to fossils Bivalves

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    sixgill pete

    This is an interesting species.All of the images I have found are of partial specimens. Thanks for adding this , @fifbrindacier it has added to my knowledge of bivalves.

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    Thank you @sixgill pete. I'm glad to help.:D

    Those were very big bivalves, some of the fragments found (rarely) are more than one meter long.

    Their central parts are often taken for a broken fragment of a great vertebrate rib, and their tip for a big tooth.

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