Wrangellian Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Hi guys, I've been collecting giant fossil tridacna for 20 years. Some of my clams are up to 400 kg but just before Christmas I received a clam that is the biggest I've ever seen! It weighs in at a staggering 612 kg (both sides are still attached by fossil rock which I estimate weighs around 100-140 kg) Is this a world record? Will upload photos, this must be the world's biggest clam surely? How do I upload a photo on this site? Best Volker Bassen When you click the 'Reply' button, there is another one that says 'More Reply Options' - click that. Then 'Add files', then find your pic, wait for it to load, then 'Add reply'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 The gist: click on to enlarge: "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...
Wrangellian Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 The gist: click on to enlarge: pic post.JPG What is "3" pointing to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 What is "3" pointing to? The "Add to Post" button, which does not appear until the end of step 2. "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...
Wrangellian Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 OK, just going by the pic I didn't think that would be obvious to dumb people like me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I thought that showing something that wasn't visible until 2/3rds the way through would be disconcerting to someone who'd never done it before. I shows up when it's time to use it, so I pointed to where it would be. "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...
Volker Bassen Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Here the biggest clam in the world ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volker Bassen Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 And here some photos which I hope will be of interest to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volker Bassen Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Ps, the single clam on the scale with my mate behind it weighs 192 kg!! I read that the largest tridacna ever found weighs in at 240 kg, was that a single shell or both together? If its both together then mine is almost twice the size right? Furthermore, there was one clam that sold for +30.000$ on Christie's auction, why the high price? Was it because of the size? Looking forward to your replies fellow fossil lovers : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 Volker.... Fabulous....That must be the biggest clam in the world its huge.... Looking at the photo's presumably you come across the clams as you are quarrying building stone?.... I can see you have amassed a serious stash of shells there, very impressive.... Once you have extracted them from the rock what prepwork do you do to them to make them look as crisp looking as the biggest?... lots of questions I know but all very interesting...Thanks for sharing them with us.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I second Steve's thoughts...Volker,This thread is quite impressive and any additional photos and info would be of a big interest, much more if the pics would be clearer and of a higher resolution... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 This is a 20cm (7 1/2 inch) Volutomorph sp. from the Campanian North Sulphur River, Texas----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDel Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Great topic! Fantastic fossils! Really like those oysters, Astron, as well as the gastropods. Nandomas, yours are gorgeous. Here are two of my "big" shells. The first I tentatively ID as a Strophomena brachiopod hinge. I found this in a pile of quarry rocked dumped on the Lake MI. shore, formation unknown, though I'm pretty sure it is mid-Devonian: Fossils Feb 2013 015.JPG 7.5cm at it's widest point The other is Amussium sp., lower Pliocene of Almeria (Spain), acquired in a trade. Please feel free to chime in with the species name: Fossils Feb 2013 021.JPG 8.5cm x 9.0cm Thanks! check this one out: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/50152-hi-im-trying-to-identify-this-fossil-i-found-in-new-york-state-looks-like-the-bottom-of-a-mushroom/#entry539274 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Phialopecten marwicki, Te Mata peak, New Zealand. 3.5 MYA(late Pliocene) Can't say out right how big it is, I'll measure it as soon as I can. -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Amphidonte walkeri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 here's a couple. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hssain Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 these are a pleurotomaria and pyrgotrochus from upper bajocian morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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