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  • Toarctocera subpunctata

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    Ludwigia

    By Ludwigia

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Hypsogastropoda
    Family: Apporhaidae
    Genus: Toarctocera
    Species: Toarctocera subpunctata
    Author Citation Muenster 1844

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Early
    International Age: Toarcian

    Stratigraphy

    Jurensis-Mergel Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    aalensis Zone
    torulosum Subzone

    Provenance

    Collector: Peter Moeser
    Date Collected: 08/20/2011
    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Width: 3 cm

    Location

    clay pit
    Mistelgau
    Bavaria
    Germany

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    RJB

    That is Magnificent!!! 

     

    RB

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    Heteromorph

    Wait, am I seeing the actual fossilized snail in its shell?

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    izak_
    12 minutes ago, Heteromorph said:

    Wait, am I seeing the actual fossilized snail in its shell?

    No, that is the actual shell's shape. Its amazing.

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    Heteromorph
    2 hours ago, Foozil said:

    No, that is the actual shell's shape. Its amazing.

      Wow! I have never seen that. Beautiful and unique! 

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    Ludwigia
    5 hours ago, Heteromorph said:

      Wow! I have never seen that. Beautiful and unique! 

    It's not as rare as you might think, although finding a complete "pelican's foot" of that age is not easy. Just google the family Apporhaidae to find out more about them.

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    Phevo

    Wow that is a beauty,

    I diden't know they went this far back, we find them here in Denmark but they are only 8-10 million years old (and modern descendants on the beaches)

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    Tidgy's Dad

    A truly beautiful thing. :)

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    Ludwigia

    Mistelgau is one of the few sites I'm familiar with which allow for finds with such preservation.

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