opalbug Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) A few Vertipecten fucanus from the Nye Mudstone on the Oregon Coast Edited Saturday at 01:29 PM by opalbug fix typo 12 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Cool finds! Thanks for showing them to us! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sjfriend Posted Saturday at 06:08 AM Share Posted Saturday at 06:08 AM Very nice. I'll be spending a few days playing along the Oregon coast and might have to look for something other than sunsets 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wrangellian Posted Saturday at 07:01 AM Share Posted Saturday at 07:01 AM Nice finds... Looks like some might retain their 'wings' and just need a little prepping to expose them? Is that one totally coated in matrix, or is it a steinkern (missing the shell entirely)? Just an editorial note: it's Pecten - pectin is the stuff that makes jam congeal. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
opalbug Posted Saturday at 01:30 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 01:30 PM Thanks for the spelling correction I added a couple of extra photos Link to post Share on other sites
Neanderthal Shaman Posted Saturday at 07:51 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:51 PM Lucky! Last time I was out there I found a few, but they were all in huge boulders that it would've been impossible to break them off of! These look great! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
opalbug Posted Monday at 03:56 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 03:56 AM (edited) On 5/14/2022 at 12:01 AM, Wrangellian said: Nice finds... Looks like some might retain their 'wings' and just need a little prepping to expose them? Is that one totally coated in matrix, or is it a steinkern (missing the shell entirely)? Just an editorial note: it's Pecten - pectin is the stuff that makes jam congeal. The grey one in the upper left is still embedded in the matrix. I can barely see a tiny trace of shell on the edge of the concretion. It seems to be one of those high silica concretions that produce silicified fossils. It might be hard to prep. The wedge shaped piece has a couple of Calyptraea fossils attached to it. Too bad they get so beat up from tumbling in the surf with basalt cobbles. Here's a couple of other photos of it. Here's a better example of the Calyptraea Another Pecten in a huge concretion from the Yaquina Formation thats exposed a few miles to the South. I wonder what else is hiding in that rock. Edited Monday at 04:03 AM by opalbug 1 Link to post Share on other sites
opalbug Posted Monday at 07:49 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 07:49 AM Some Pectens for prepping if you like them Link to post Share on other sites
Wrangellian Posted Monday at 11:12 AM Share Posted Monday at 11:12 AM Someone should have a go at prepping one of those coated ones... that is if there are no already-exposed complete ones to be found. I don't have the means so it won't be me, though. It must be doable... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey P Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago Those specimens are exquisite! Thank you for posting them. Link to post Share on other sites
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