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Hi, This is a detached piece I found in a mountain torrent. Campanian-maastrichtian strata, SE Pyrenees. My guess is genus Vaccinites, mainly due to the polygonal-shaped pores on the upper valve (which has big diameter: around 15 cm.) Lower valve is conical, geniculate and broken before its end, allowing its pillars and ligament ridge to show. Can anyone confirm the genus and, if possible, identify the species? The most common species in the zone is Vaccinites archiaci.
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Hi everyone, Some weeks ago I found this piece in Maastrichtian strata (limestone) in southern eastern Pyrenees. Quite obviously, it is a Cyclolites/Cunnolites (C.Elliptica?), although its size surprised me: Larger diameter D=155 mm. d= 133 mm. Height H=65 mm Weight W=1.620 gr. Has somebody any references of bigger specimens? After a light prep with potassium hydroxide, the flat side appeared to be littered with small fossil pieces: Bristle worms? Bryozoans? Etc. Thanks
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Hi, I found those pieces in a Maastrichtian limestone strata of the SE of the Pyrenees. Size (large): 1 - 25 mm 2 - 37 mm 3 - 39 mm My guess is genus Ceratostreon, and specifically Ceratostreon pliciferum for Nr.3. Thanks,
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Hi everyone, Some weeks ago, I found those pair of pieces at the foot of a Pyrenees cliff (Maastrichtian limestone strata), which was stuffed with rudists (radiolidae). They have an extremely smooth surface that confused me. After some fantasies about teeth, bones and so on, I realized that the clue had to be around. My ID guess is: rudist's (radiolitidae) casts, separated from shell by wheatering and erosion. I'll explain it with some pictures taken at the same place, inserted in a fictional sequence (I do not intend they are same species or genus): Do you think my guess is correct ? Thanks,
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Hi everyone, I found those pieces in a Campanian-maastrichtian limestone strata in SE Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain) My ID guess is genus Lapeirousia, maybe Lapeirousia jouanneti or Lapeirousia crateriformis, species easily found in Aquitaine, France., mainly due to its characteristic pseudopillars. Thanks,
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Hi, I live in an area where there are plenty of upper cretaceous rudist-coral reefs to study and for the time being my interest is focused on them. I’m an amateur, not a sound paleontologist. Hope to learn a lot together.
