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From the album: OBX
Tube worms from the Pleistocene shelf on which the Outer Banks rest. Washed onto the beach.-
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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Molds from the Choptank Formation. Member unknown. Virginia Miocene -
From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Whelk, Siphonal devexa Aperture view Middle Miocene St. Leonard, Maryland Choptank Formation Drum Cliff Member This is one of four I found in the fallen matrix in four days of excavation. It is the only one that I found intact.© Heather JM Siple 2018
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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Whelk, Siphonal devexa Aperture view Middle Miocene St. Leonard, Maryland Choptank Formation Drum Cliff Member This is one of four found in the fallen matrix in four days of excavation. It is the only one that was found intact.© Heather JM Siple 2018
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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Collected loose on the beach in St. Leonard, Maryland middle Miocene Choptank Formation Drum Cliff Member Chesapectin nefrens is an index fossil for the Drum Cliff Member of the Choptank Formation, meaning that whatever chunk of matrix one may find fallen out of the cliffs, the precise layer is known so that other fossils in the same block can be identified. These are a very common find at St. Leonard and other places, but I particularly liked the coloration on this one!© Heather JM Siple 2018
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Excavated from matrix in the Chesapeake Bay, about 10 feet off of the beach at low tide. View is external on both valves, but hard outer coating has been lost to decay. Valves are pearlescent.
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Excavated from landslide material approximately 1/2 mile nw of Matoaka beach access. Found 4 that week. Two survived excavation. This is the only one discovered intact.
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This specimen was made incredibly soft by the surrounding matrix. The thin veneer of glossy coloration has worn away, but can be seen on this specimen, which came from the same 2 ft x 1ft x 1ft block of matrix that fell out of the cliff into the bay. Half a dozen of these were collected from that and one other small, adjacent block that day, along with more than two dozen other species. Layer originally designated Shattuck Zone 18. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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Sometimes you just get lucky. This geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) was sitting with its mate in living state, filled with matrix, under a pile of landslide rubble at the water's edge. The exteriors of both shells were almost completely clean of matrix. Most other specimens were badly cracked in the matrix and would never have survived the fall. This shell was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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This was carved carefully from a block of matrix that fell out of the cliffs into the bay. Of the dozens that I found, this was one of the few that did not completely fall apart what it was separated from the surrounding sand. Though thicker than many shells in the same chunk of sand, they are extremely soft in this location and incredibly fragile. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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Collected from matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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Collected from matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. These shells are extremely fragile and are not to be found loose on the beach. Most disintegrated when I was working the matrix. This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A whelk shell of the family Busyconidae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A gastropod shell of the family Olividae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A gastropod shell of the family Olividae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A volute shell, Scaphella sp., viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Pycnodonte mutabilis, viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Mercenaria cuneata, viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© C. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A clam shell of the family Veneridae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Stewartia anodonta viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Stewartia anodonta clam viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Stewartia formani clam viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Stewartia formani viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J. M. Siple
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Excavated from matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Architectonica sp Pliocene/Pleistocene Florida Viewed under short-wave ultraviolet light