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My hubby and I went to Hatteras Island, North Carolina this past week for some fun in the wind. But, I just can't go to the beach without beachcombing. Most of the beaches I visited were rather slim pickings for even decent modern shells. I finally did a Google search for the best shelling beaches on the Outer Banks and came up with a few beaches spread across the archipelago. The south side of Cape Hatteras was one of the best and quite close to where we were staying, so off I went. Wow. Colorful, unbroken shells lay thick on the tide lines and scattered across a wide, sandy plain. Here and there, blocks of sandstone (broken off the Pleistocene shelf that holds up the islands) were scattered. The surfaces exposed to the wind were sandblasted to expose the shells inside. Most of the shells retained their original colors. My suspicion is that they were buried while deep enough under water that they didn't have an opportunity to fade. The result is that the fossils - almost all extant species - were only distinguishable from their modern descendants by the clinging matrix. Fossil corals were also scattered sparsely across the sand. These are a bit easier to recognize as fossils as the closest coral reefs to Cape Hatteras are some 75 miles off shore. You can see more finds from this trip here:
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Tube worms Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Tube worms on the interior of a Mercenaria shell Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Agropecten gibbus Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Mytilus edulis Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch-
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Family Venridae Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Family Venridae Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Agropecten gibbus Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Family Venridae Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Mercenaria sp. Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Pleistocene Fossil Scallop Shell, Cape Hatteras
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Agropecten gibbus Pleistocene Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.5 cm = 1 inch for those who are metric-ly challenged.-
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Look ma, no prep work! This clam shell may look like it is just resting on a rock, but it was once inside it. Constant winds on the beach at Cape Hatteras, NC, sand-blasted the matrix to expose this beautifully colorful Mercenaria sp.-
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Agropecten gibbus in Pleistocene matrix among the much more recent seas shells lying on the beach at Cape Hatteras-
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Tube worms from the Pleistocene shelf on which the Outer Banks rest. Washed onto the beach.-
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