Nadav Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 When I was a kid I found this bivalve fossil and now looking at it, I think it lived attached to something on one side. You can see how one of the shells is deformed in a wierd way. Is it a known and common phenomenon? Also I would like if one of you can help me get an ID on this bivalve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Looks like the deformation comes from mineral substance. Can you tell us something about the stratigraphy or at least exactly where this was found? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 My best guess is oyster attached to bivalve. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadav Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Looks like the deformation comes from mineral substance. Can you tell us something about the stratigraphy or at least exactly where this was found? I wish I could. I found it as a kid, I don't remember exactly where. Most likely Cretaceous period. Thanks! Edited January 6, 2022 by Nadav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadav Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 minute ago, abyssunder said: My best guess is oyster attached to bivalve. Interesting. Never seen oyster on a bivalve. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Nadav said: Interesting. Never seen oyster on a bivalve. thanks! Oysters prefer to attach to something to grown up and make a colony. Sometimes they attach to each other. Barnackles have similar intensions exceeding this. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Abyssunder may be right there. It's hard to guess an id without proper stratigraphical info, but I would guess that it belongs in the Pectinidae family. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I agree with Roger. It looks like a Pectinidae. I would guess, the specimen could be from Miocene or younger deposits, but it's just what my mind tells me. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadav Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 57 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Abyssunder may be right there. It's hard to guess an id without proper stratigraphical info, but I would guess that it belongs in the Pectinidae family. 7 minutes ago, abyssunder said: I agree with Roger. It looks like a Pectinidae. I would guess, the specimen could be from Miocene or younger deposits, but it's just what my mind tells me. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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