Beverly Beach Bivalves

[Neanderthal Shaman]

Recently got back from a trip out to the Oregon coast. It wasn't with the expressed purpose of fossil hunting, but I was in the area, so I spent a couple of hours at Beverly Beach breaking some loose rocks (digging into the Astoria Formation itself is strictly prohibited). 

 

A large Pecten with my hand for scale. Too big to keep. 

 

 

 

 

A couple of Anadara.

 

 

 

 

A miniscule but well-preserved naticidae, or moon snail.

 

 

 

A Katherinella, which I still have to remove from the matrix. 

 

 

 

 

My personal favorite, a Macoma with a nice golden luster, all mounted up. 

 

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I was hoping to find a cetacean vert, but I was only there for a few hours, so I didn't put the time in that it would likely require to find such a thing.

I was stoked to find such stellar bivalves, but I wanted to come home with something other than just clams.

A shop in Lincoln City afforded me that opportunity, and after dropping $30, I got my hands on a nice Dichocrinus from Carboniferous Iowa. 

 

 

 

In Lincoln I also found a dead Pacific mole crab, Emerita analoga, which I think makes a great wet specimen.  

 

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i was there and found this