Fossil Magnet Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hi guys! Here's another one that I don't know that hopefully one of you will... It's from the Late Pleistocene Red Crag Formation at Walton-on-the-Naze, Suffolk, England. It looks a lot like a Pterynotus species to me, but I'm really not sure... Its abot 2cm tall: Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!! Gethin "We try not to use the word insane, we prefer the term mentally hilarious... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Newman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Its Pteryophis binominatus, very nice specimen. The other species you occasionally see at Walton is Pteryophis canhami, nether are common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Wow! Nice shell.It reminds me to the Melongena gasteropods.Is it extinct nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Magnet Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thanks for your comments guys!! Moropus... Not sure if they still live today, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Chris Newman could answer that question for you... Chris... Once again, thank you! I tried to get this one ID-ed on a UK forum, and no one seemed to have the slightest inkling of what it was, other than that it might be a relative of Pterynotus, even the Crag experts. I guessed then that it was pretty rare. My girlfriend will be over the moon! She found it on our very first visit to Walton-on-the-Naze, if you can credit that! I'm starting to see what Bill means - you certainly know your Crag fossils... All the best! Gethin "We try not to use the word insane, we prefer the term mentally hilarious... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 It looks a lot to a Melongena member: Pugilina Subcarinata Paleocene-Eocene Could this fossil been translated from other strata? Did you found it in the beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Magnet Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hi Moropus! You're right there, they do look a lot alike, but I'm pretty confident that Chris Newman has got it right. I know Bill on a UK forum, and he knows his Crag stuff very well indeed, although he humbly admits that he learned most of it from Chris, which I can well believe. Here's a pic of the reverse side for comparison... Once again, thanks for your input Moropus. I really like your helpful attitude, same as with Bill and Chris. Between the 3 of you I'm sure I could learn a lot... Gethin ps. I nearly forgot to answer your question. It was collected in the slippages, and at first I thought it might be a derived fossil from an earlier stratum... "We try not to use the word insane, we prefer the term mentally hilarious... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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