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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Oysters
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Oysters
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Oysters
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Oysters
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Would anyone know if there is a revised name for this fossil please. Originally labelled : Lopha asellus Lincolnshire limestone Metheringham Lincolnshire UK
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Good morning all. I have what I believe to be a Lopha bivalve from the upper Jurassic period from China. It measures 8.2 x 5.1 cm and has growth lines(?). Can anyone provide additional information or a correction if required?
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Picked this up just outside Toyah TX. the area is Cretaceous. I've searched every reference I can lay my hands on and am leaning toward a Lopha of some variety. Still have a lot of cleaning to do but it's incredibly slow going. Am I on the right track or is it some other kind of bivalve?
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Upper valve only. The genus of this has used several genera. Currently Peilinia is accepted (Kues, 1997) it has also been Ostrea and Lopha in several publications.
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Here are interior and exterior views of both valves of the Cretaceous oyster, Cameleolopha bellaplicata, collected in Post Oak Creek in Sherman, Texas, The specimen is more oval and elongated that most of the members of its species. The calcite valves with a trace of interior aragonite, mother of pearl, are covered in yellowish calcite cemented sandstone. The larger valve has the remnants of an attached ramose bryozoan that grew on the shell since the muddy Arcadia Park Formation did not provide a great hard ground to grow on. An unidentified domed colonial stone coral species also grow on the
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