BeachTreasure Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Hello! I found this fossil in the Aurora Phosphate Mine Dig Pits in North Carolina. The dirt is pulled from the Miocene layer. Wondering is anyone can identity! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 it's a wee little bivalve clam. Not sure of genus, perhaps someone will be more knowledgable. I have not been able to find much info on basic mollusks from Aurora. Lots of info on vertebrate, but not much on invertebrate. 1 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 well shut my mouth...look what I just found: https://www.vims.edu/GreyLit/OA/VDMR127.pdf It's from Virginia Yorktown formation, but I'm assuming that is the same Yorktown formation as at Aurora. Someone correct me if I am wrong. 2 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachTreasure Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 @JamieLynn thank you! of course it is! So silly, but my mind wanted it to be some sort of tooth so I was ignoring that it was a very familiar shape. And those seams, very obvious! Thank you for the linked information! That is going to be so helpful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 It is a phosphatic steinkern of a clam. Someone else will have to give you the species name. There is abundant Yorktown at the mine, but a lot of the phosphatic replaced material is from the Miocene Pungo River Fm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 The elongated shape on that steinkern reminds me much of the Nuculana sp. steinkerns found at the Montbrook site down here in Florida (AA in the attached poster from the 2020 meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America). Cheers. -Ken SEGSA2020_Montbrook_final .pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachTreasure Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 @digit @Al Dente thank you so much for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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