Brondonh Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Just wanted to share a few pictures of some of the Chesapectens i have been finding the past month at a construction site that a new lake was dug. As far as I know they are Chesapecten quinarius and Chesapecten madisonius sarasotensis. Normally I am looking for vertebrate fossils, but just recently expanded my view to invertebrates. I figured what the hell, there has to be something to them and half the places I search are full of them. Its been quite the journey and Im just sucked in now. Never thought that it would so fascinating and definitely has helped my understanding of the layers of time we sort through. I decided to lay out what I had last night just to get an idea what i had, I felt like a kid laying out my hot wheels lol. I also grabbed a few photos of them in the wall where I pulled some from. They were probably between 15-20’ below ground, thats a guess its hard to tell. thanks 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 WOW! Just one or two, then. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Incredible collection! Keep digging them out! 1 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Very nice! Good to see the shells getting some love on here. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalodus12 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Great stuff! Makes me want to go back to the cliffs and collect some shells! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Now that is impressive! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Spectacular collection of Chesapecten there. Congratulations. I see some other types of bivalve shells in the cliff that would be worth digging out and identifying too. Good luck and thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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