stanleyfr Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Gastropod for ID. Thank you, Stanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Please include the size and location, if known. Both are very important to the ID process. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleyfr Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Sizes vary from 5cm to 7cm and they were all found along the coast in Malta (so central Mediterranean) but unfortunately exact location in Malta is not known. Regards, Stanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I should have guessed their area of origin! It is exotic enough that some conclusions may be possible, but the specifics may be difficult, as they seem to be internal molds; as I understand it, details of ornamentation and aperture are important in achieving a concise identification of gastropods. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Hi Stanley, Follow the link to a paper on some of the fossil gastropods from Malta. The pdf has 100+ figured examples and certainly worth investigating for a possible ID on your fossils. The specimens described correspond with the Lower Globigerina Limestone (Miocene) of Malta. Let us know if the discoveries might match any of those shaded areas on the attached geo map. Hope this information is useful for your research. Thanks for posting and sharing a few Maltese fossils at TFF! LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleyfr Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Thanks so much, I will do my best, Stanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 As most of the fossils in the pic are internal casts, id them is very difficult, even impossible sometimes. The only thing I can possibly Id are: Pic 1-Conus sp. internal cast Pic 2-¿? Pic3- Cypraea sp. casts Pic4-Turritelatiid sp. cast pic5- Perrona sp.? cast pic6-Nucella? Narona? This is not a cast, the view of the other side (oral side), will be determinating for the id of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igneous_is_bliss Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 As most of the fossils in the pic are internal casts, id them is very difficult, even impossible sometimes. The only thing I can possibly Id are: Pic 1-Conus sp. internal cast Pic 2-¿? Pic3- Cypraea sp. casts Pic4-Turritelatiid sp. cast pic5- Perrona sp.? cast pic6-Nucella? Narona? This is not a cast, the view of the other side (oral side), will be determinating for the id of it I second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caromalta Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) stanleyfr , I have found lots of the same from the first pic.....all of them were found in Gozo in Clay Edited June 12, 2012 by caromalta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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