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After growing up in Cincinnati, the Ordovician has become my favorite fossil period. I would like to acquire an Ordovician scaphopod (tusk shell) in a effort towards completing my mollusc specimens. I have a number of items to trade. This might include an Ordovician Flexicalymene meeki trilobite that I found, or possibly an Ordovician brachiopod or gastropod. I also have other fossils to trade that might be of interest. If you are interested, send me an image of your specimen for trade and I will send you images of items that you might consider trading.
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Found this in a bag of Miocene-Pliocene micro matrix from Aurora Fossil Museum in North Carolina. I apologize for the less than stellar image, but this object is only 2mm long and my microscope cam is at it's limit here. It is hollow. The larger end is circular. The smaller end is obstructed by what looks like a portion of a missing bit at that end. There are no holes in the basket-weave outer texture, so not bryzoan. The surface is somewhat dirty as I was afraid of losing it if I tried to clean it. I can't find any matches in my Miocene library. I don't have much on Pliocene or later. Might also be foram, mollusk, or worm. None of those have cancellated ornament on that shape shell/test. Does this look familiar to anybody?
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The shells shown below I excavated from the Barton Geological Beds from the Upper Eocene band. The one on the far left is a crasatellid, the shell to its right is a cockle, and the three shells on the far right are scaphopods, but beyond this I'm not sure what they are and guidance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any proposed IDs Othniel
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Olequa Creek (A tusk shell makes me pull my hair out)
Neanderthal Shaman posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Crossed the creek at a small park in Vader, WA to look for shells. The shale here is very porous, very sandy, and very very fragile. The shells here are plentiful, but break very easily. You can break the rocks apart by hand, but whatever is in them usually breaks too. I lucked out and found a very intact tusk shell. Although not rare, they are usually found as fragments. Getting it home and ready was a hassle. It broke in half before I got it home, and pieces of it broke off 3 seperate times while prepping it (About half of it was still covered by shale). As you can see, thanks to superglue it didn't defeat me! Dentalium stramineum Priscofusus cowlitzensis- 1 reply
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West Virginia Mississippian subperiod: marine to mudflats
LoneRanger posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Took a day trip to Mississippian subperiod sites in West Virginia, with exposures that represent environments ranging from shallow marine to mudflats (reflecting periods of ocean transgression and regression). Of course there were brachiopods; the one photo of a brach below shows pink/light red coloration, and I've also posted this in the General Discussion section under "Fossil Shells with Color Patterns." I've never before found a brachiopod with shell coloration. There's also a photo of a sea pen (Pennatulacea, only right side is well exposed). And there is another photo of 2 matrix pieces with what may be tusk shells (scaphopods). The bottom scaphopod (?) is 4.5 inches, while the top one is more fragmentary and is 1.75 inches. If anyone has a different idea of what these are, please post your identification. Finally, as the ocean receded, mud flats appeared, and the final 2 photos show tracks of what are likely small crustaceans making their way across a long lost world.- 3 replies
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Hi all! A bit of development to the Frozen fossils topic. It's the same Moskva river Bronnitsy Oxfordian, but some 5km upstream, where you can find a bit younger layer of Amoeboceras serratum ammonites (earlier it was Amoeboceras alternoides layer/zone). The difference is mainly in the keel, it's less pronounced. The layer is accessible only in winter. Dont expect it to be breathtaking, the preservation is unfortunately worse and the fossils are more scarce. The shore:
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A nice Dentalium from a site where they are very common. Most a in very poor shape or crumble when touched.
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From the album: @Max-fossils 's Zandmotor Finds
A scaphopod, or tusk shell, fossil found on the Zandmotor. From the Eemian of the late Pleistocene (approx 120'000 years old). My first personal find of a scaphopod fossil!© Max Dereme
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A scaphopod, or tusk shell, fossil. Found on the Zandmotor beach (artificial beach extension). From the Eemian age of the late Pleistocene (approx 120'000 years old). My first personal scaphopod find
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From the album: Fleury - autumn 2016
Dentalium sp : a lutetian scaphopod from Fleury la rivière - Marne - France