Mainefossils Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 This is another fossil from the Leighton Fm, Maine. It is an Actinopteria bella, a bivalve that was first described at this formation (here, https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/14399/1/USNMP-45_1985_1913.pdf). I have had multiple specimens of it, but this is the first one that came out in one piece. The pictures below are of the internal and external mold (top to bottom). 2 The more I learn, the more I find that I know nothing. Regards, Asher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 What a beauty! 1 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Congrats. A great specimen. Thanks for posting it. It looks similar to Actinopteria I and others have found in the Middle Devonian of Central New York and the Lower Devonian of Northern New Jersey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainefossils Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 Thanks! The more I learn, the more I find that I know nothing. Regards, Asher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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