HaidaGwaiiBeachFinds Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Hi All, What could this mysterious and mesmerizing find be? Thanks team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 These would be bivalve shells ( looks like clam ) in hardened matrix. Where did we find this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Those are quite nice bivalves. But we do need a better idea as to location. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 AHH! I think I know these! Littleneck clams Protothaca stayleyi. Are the fossils recent? The matrix is a lot like what I find my fossils in. This specimen comes from the Rio Dell Formation of Northern California. Pleistocene in age. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaidaGwaiiBeachFinds Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Haida Gwaii, Canada. Epic location for combing the beach. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Here is another picture from the same collection. Same locality as well. If anyone else would like to take a peek at my local fossil fauna... here you go:http://www2.humboldt.edu/natmus/Case_indexes/LocalFossils/LocalFossils.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaidaGwaiiBeachFinds Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 @Spoons well preserved! Nice find you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, HaidaGwaiiBeachFinds said: @Spoons well preserved! Nice find you have. I should specify that these specimens are not mine. They are actually part of my local Universities Natural History Museum. I apologize for being unclear. If you would like to see some of my collection just ask, although I’m not sure I have any Little Neck Clams though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaidaGwaiiBeachFinds Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 @Spoons thanks for the clarification! And helping me to ID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 7:55 PM, Spoons said: If anyone else would like to take a peek at my local fossil fauna... here you go:http://www2.humboldt.edu/natmus/Case_indexes/LocalFossils/LocalFossils.html Spoons, Thanks for the link, Interesting shells. I noted that this fossil was "unidentified" ... Maybe a fossil ID opportunity. Can you obtain additional photos of the teeth and a a rough approximation of size? Quote Local Fossils Display Case Index—This display has been taken down but most of the specimens are now displayed in the large case ("Crab case") at the South-East corner of the Museum. Thanks, Jack The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/30/2020 at 10:57 AM, Shellseeker said: Spoons, Thanks for the link, Interesting shells. I noted that this fossil was "unidentified" ... Maybe a fossil ID opportunity. Can you obtain additional photos of the teeth and a a rough approximation of size? Thanks, Jack I’m not sure how easy it would be to obtain additional photos of this specimen. I do recall seeing a mold of this in person though. I’d say it’s about the size of the palm of your hand, and I do believe that this is a Sea Otter Jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 19 hours ago, Spoons said: I’m not sure how easy it would be to obtain additional photos of this specimen. I do recall seeing a mold of this in person though. I’d say it’s about the size of the palm of your hand, and I do believe that this is a Sea Otter Jaw. Thanks for the identification. I was intrigued by the premolars, because I had not previously seen similar teeth... I guess these are the teeth that enable the opening of bivalves. 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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