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  • Spondylus dutempleanus (Linnaeus 1758)

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    Ludwigia

    By Ludwigia

    Taxonomy

    Bivalve

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Pectinoida
    Family: Spondylidae
    Genus: Spondylus
    Species: Spondylus dutempleanus
    Author Citation Linnaeus 1758

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Misburg Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Roger Furze
    Date Collected: 04/22/2012
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 3 cm

    Location

    Misburg North Quarry
    Hannover
    Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
    Germany

    Comments

    Shell preservation with holdfast. Anchored to a sponge.

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    Brett Breakin' Rocks

    Brett Breakin' Rocks

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    Are those the anchors for the dutempleanus ?  That is simply amazing.

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    Ludwigia
    4 hours ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said:

    Are those the anchors for the dutempleanus ?  That is simply amazing.

    Yup. This type of preservation is quite unique. I was able to expose it from the relatively soft lime marl with the help of my abrader at very low pressure.

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    Max-fossils

    Impressive shell!

     

    The 3 other ones you added are nice too. 

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