nala Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Another big one from Erfoud Morocco(not sure of the ID) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 (edited) This one isn't quite complete and also not the most beautiful of finds, but I've just hung onto it since it's so huge. I believe it's a Plagiostoma gigantea, at least it lives up to that name. From the Sinemurian near Rottweil, where the dogs were originally bred. Edited December 1, 2012 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 These ones here are also relatively large. Ctenostreon sp. from the Bajocian fields of Geisingen. Both are ca. 12cm. long. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Gery.... Another great example.... Roger.... Your not kidding Plagiostoma ' gigantea '.... Thats a BIG shell... Shame about the breakage as you say... its a little far gone for repair with the RH edge missing but still a big example... You should get back there to see if you can get yourself a full one sometime.... The one I found on the north Somerset coast all the patina was worn away off the shell by the wave action and as I dug more of it out of the limestone the missing corner proportionally got bigger in relation to the shell... Ive decided to repair it being only a small corner and make a display piece from it....until I ' drop on ' a crisp specimen... Here it is uncovered so far.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) Very nice new additions Gery, Roger and Steve,generally satisfying all the contributions so far and I believe there are more still to come! Unfortunatelly, these two shells in the attachements aren't mine... Simply, I thought it would be good for this nice topic a reference to the biggest shells ever lived on our planet... So, in the first pic is the biggest shell ever found. It's about the 187 cm (!!!) Inoceramus (extinct) sp. of the Cobenhagen museum found in Greenland. http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Inoceramus . This genus is already represented here by fossisle's nice sample, while a larger one is expected from Xiphactinus. In the second pic is a 83 cm giant clam Tridacna Gigas fossil shell found in Timor island. The biggest shell ever found of this living (threatened though)species was 137 cm with the two shells weighting up to 230 kilograms!!! http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Giant_clam Could anyone imagine that a fossil shell could reach this unreal price??? http://www.christies...75-details.aspx At least me, NOT AT ALL... Edited December 3, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Wow! That's BIG !!!...also the price. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Wow ! That's a Luxury Sink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) "[So, in the first pic is the biggest shell ever found. It's about the 187 cm (!!!) Inoceramus (extinct) sp. of the Cobenhagen museum found in Greenland. http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Inoceramus . This genus is already represented here by fossisle's nice sample, while a larger one is expected from Xiphactinus." Hello Astron, To have seen it personnally severals time and taken the picture a little before in the post, the real size is 178 cm. Wikipedia is not so precize Here the original label D Edited December 4, 2012 by Dromiopsis Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hello Astron, To have seen it personnally severals time and taken the picture a little before in the post, the real size is 178 cm. Wikipedia is not so precize Here the original label D Thanks for the correction, Christian! Very nice if TFF have the ability (through their members) to correct even Wiki's mistakes!!! Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Astrinos.... Thats a massive shell.... I finished repairing the Plagiostoma gigantea and got the shape to the missing edge from a book... It makes it 190mm maximum dimensions which is quite a big shell.... I'll enjoy it for now until I find a complete one that size or hopefully one day a double... I prepped this the other day and think a large Plagiostoma would looked great prepped this way.... 1 Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itwasntme Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 HA!!, those are nothing. I got you all beat for the biggest shell. . Really amazing shells you all have, just had to add this one cause its so small, figured id add a little humor in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 whut? "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...
astron Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) Astrinos.... Thats a massive shell.... I finished repairing the Plagiostoma gigantea and got the shape to the missing edge from a book... It makes it 190mm maximum dimensions which is quite a big shell.... I'll enjoy it for now until I find a complete one that size or hopefully one day a double... I prepped this the other day and think a large Plagiostoma would looked great prepped this way.... That would be ideal, Steve! I wish to... Here is a partial crassostrea gryphoides oyster I have found in my birth place. I don't use to pick partial oysters up, but this happened in the favor of its enormus size... This species very rarely exceeds the 40 cm in length and this sample counts 32 cm with about the half missing, as the first pic reveals!!!!!!!!!! It means that if complete, it would be about 60 cm, a possible Guinness record... Edited December 5, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) whut? Moa? MOAR! Edited December 5, 2012 by Missourian Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 whut? That's another excellent shell aspect... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) HA!!, those are nothing. I got you all beat for the biggest shell. . Really amazing shells you all have, just had to add this one cause its so small, figured id add a little humor in there. Good from one edge to the other... Here are lots of shells of this size mixed up with plant material. More of them are missing having left their ... seats back... Edited December 6, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) whut? Is that from a Dodo?...but seriously... Edit: I just noticed that it's from a winged elephant Edited December 6, 2012 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) WOW.... That is a ' Tiny ' shell and yikes to laying that....I'tll be from a bowlegged bird... Astrinos.... Thanks....I'm going to keep my eye out for an open double... Probably as rare as rockinhorse - - - - but you never know....Great Oyster and even more special from your birthplace... I think youve broke enough records lately ' Shells & plant '.... Fantastic... I like associations... Plant and fishscale is one I found.... Edited December 6, 2012 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Is that from a Dodo?...but seriously... Edit: I just noticed that it's from a winged elephant Yes, the "Elephant Bird"; Aepyornis maximus. Formerly of Madagascar. The species laid the largest egg of any kind known. "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...
Foshunter Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 whut? That is huge, awesome specimen. Just put into prospective scrambled eggs, bacon, the whole hog and toast, what a breakfast it would have been back in the day----very nice Chas----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 We had some good winds Mon/Tue scouring the beaches.... todays the first chance I have had to go check some spots out after the weather... First find (cant believe it) a double Plagiostoma.... I reckon Astrinos had his fingers crossed for me....Unfortunately they were on the edge of a really big rock and not on top as usual and in typical Somerset lias fashion it broke where it wanted through one of the shells as I trimmed around 2 foot of rock... piece by piece... from the other end... I still feel a sculpture coming on though lol.... Oh and this ammonite.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 We had some good winds Mon/Tue scouring the beaches.... todays the first chance I have had to go check some spots out after the weather... First find (cant believe it) a double Plagiostoma.... I reckon Astrinos had his fingers crossed for me....Unfortunately they were on the edge of a really big rock and not on top as usual and in typical Somerset lias fashion it broke where it wanted through one of the shells as I trimmed around 2 foot of rock... piece by piece... from the other end... I still feel a sculpture coming on though lol.... Oh and this ammonite.... Unbelievable Plagiostoma means in Greek ''having an oblique mouth''. My laugh of satisfaction turned me into a plagiostoma for a while... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Unbelievable Plagiostoma means in Greek ''having an oblique mouth''. My laugh of satisfaction turned me into a plagiostoma for a while... Quite appropriate then .... You know how it is... I was itching to check these shells out... Ones possibly crushed on one edge... but still looking ok for a nice display piece I reckon... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I left me brickies hammer on the beach yesterday and you know when your used to something... the weight...the balance... the slipping rubber grip... I decided to go try and get it back... I sat and listened to some serious winds lay in bed last night so I thought I might just drop on something while I were out... and I did... I collected this ammonite with display in mind on the natural rock so I took it down slowly thinning the rock to create a display piece rather than just knocking it out to make it lighter... Fortunately the rock was playing today..... and I found me hammer.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I left me brickies hammer on the beach yesterday and you know when your used to something... the weight...the balance... the slipping rubber grip... I decided to go try and get it back... I sat and listened to some serious winds lay in bed last night so I thought I might just drop on something while I were out... and I did... I collected this ammonite with display in mind on the natural rock so I took it down slowly thinning the rock to create a display piece rather than just knocking it out to make it lighter... Fortunately the rock was playing today..... and I found me hammer.... ''Everything bad is always combined with something good''. And this time it was VERY good... Waiting for new beauties to be added, here is a partial crassostrea gryphoides colony. They are not my bigger sample of these oysters but the only bearing a barnacles colony attached to it... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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