FossilNerd Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have any idea what this bivalve steinkern may be? It was found in the Upper Ordovician (drakes formation) of Kentucky. Brachiopods are overly abundant in many of the areas that I hunt, but bivalves seem to be scarce, or I am too used to seeing brachs to pick out the bivalves. Anyway, this is the one and only bivalve that I have found, besides a few possible fragments. I know it can be near impossible to identify any steinkern, but does the shape, size, or provenance give anyone an idea as to what this may be? It just looks so lonely on my shelf; I feel like if at least needs a name. EDIT: I should note that I have looked in the literature that I have (which is limited on bivalves) and can not find anything that I am confident in to use as an ID. My internet searching has not come up with a good ID either. If I can provide better pictures or different angles don’t hesitate to ask! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 @Herb may know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Can we get a photo of the beak area? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Sure! It’s hard to get this thing focused like I want to, but here are a few more pictures. Hope it helps! There is still a small amount of valve stuck to the beak area, but it is so weathered and beaten up that it’s not much to go on. You can barely tell it is shell. Scale is in centimeters. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Looks like a Silurian Pentamerid to me "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 4/25/2020 at 12:28 PM, Herb said: Looks like a Silurian Pentamerid to me Thanks Herb for the suggestion. It was found in the Ordovician, but maybe Pentamerids are found during that time period as well as the Silurian, or maybe something similar is found then. Hmmm. As good a starting point as any. I’ll do some digging in the literature. Thanks again! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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