PRK Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) I apologise, but I posted this earlier today, and realized it would be better as its own thread THROPHONS are an interesting gastropod from the miocene Astoria formation in Oregon, and quite rare with good preservation. I would invite others to show us their interesting fossil gastropods from around the world. Edited May 31, 2014 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Here's one for starters. It's not very large at 22mm., but in my opinion very pretty. Orbonella sp. from the German Bajocian. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I would say I have 2 favorites of all the gastropods I have. both from the Stone City Fm. at Whiskey Bridge. First, Gegania antiquata ....... and second Siphonalia plummeri ........ Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozer operator Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Some of my favorite recent finds at the moment. Some IDs im sure of the large one is a Turbinella, the olive with spots is a Lindaoliva Spengleri. The three small ones are Trivia. I believe these to be in age from the late pliocene to middle Pleistocene. There may be some skeptics out there about the age. Some of the shells down here in south FL do pop out of the ground with their original colors. The preservation is amazing. I collected the shells you see here with color less than 24 hrs after being dug up from 35-45 feet deep beneath the earth's surface in the Florida Everglades. If they are exposed to oxygen and the harsh sunlight for just a day or two they would become white, chalky and loose their color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Sorry guys---being here on the west coast, I am unfamiliar with your locales, what are the ages of those beauties? I already wrote Bajocian on mine. That's middle Jurassic ca. 170 mya. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Here is one of my favorites. Neptunia smirnia, Scotia Sandstone formation, Pliocene. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Another of my favorites. Neptunia (sulcosifo) tabulate, Scotia Sandstone formation, Pliocene. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Here are some of the gastropods I find interesting. First is Galeodea planotecta, Eocene, Cook Mountain Formation, Little Brazos River, Texas , about 2 inches in height. and, Ancistrosyrinx columbaria petropolis, Eocene, Cook Mountain Formation, Little Brazos River, Texas, about 3/4 inch in height. and, Lapparia crassa, Eocene, Cook Mountain Formation, Little Brazos River, Texas, about 2 inches in height. and the following two because they are in an order of gastropods seldom seen because of their fragile state and small size. They are first, Skaptotion nitens, Eocene, Cook Mountain Formation, Trinity River, Texas, about 1 mm in diameter. and Creseis simplex, Eocene, Cook Mountain Formation, Little Brazos River, Texas, about 4 mm in length. The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Hi all Ok here come some of the favorite amongst what i did collect. 3 fellows from french eocen: Cryptochorda stromboidesEocen/Lutetian from Fleury la Rivière - France with its nice toffee color Lapparia musicalisEocen/Lutetian from Fleury la Rivière - France and last Cerithium tricarinatumEocen/Bartonian from La Chapelle en Serval - France and its nice spines Close up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Another favorite. I almost sold this awhile back. Sooooooo glad I didn't. These specimens all measure about 5 inches in length. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Here's another one from my collection. Toarctocera subpunctata from the upper Toarcian at Mistelgau, Germany. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I have a few posted in my gallery "gastropods through the ages" 130 or so. "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...
RJB Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Hey Ludwigia, that is one COOL gastro!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Ive never finished this beautiful multi specimen. Havent see it since I moved to Montana, but will get to it someday. The day I found this was truly a special day. All of these are Neptunia, but there are 3 different species here. The one in the very middle I have forgotten the species name, but its the only complete one ive ever found and its surrounded by (sulcosifo) tabulata's! Just a fantastic rock!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 ...and that is a spectacular multi!! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Here's another one from my collection. Toarctocera subpunctata from the upper Toarcian at Mistelgau, Germany. G132a.2.jpg very nice! "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...
Herb Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) on the left is Aporrhais pespelecani, Pliocene,Puglia, Italy and on the right, Athleta tuomeyi, Paleogene, Monroeville, Alabama Edited April 18, 2014 by Herb "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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) Straticostatum bexarense, Corsicana Fm, Maastrichtian, TX Edited April 18, 2014 by danwoehr Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Clavilithes sp., Cook Mountain Fm (or thereabout), Eocene, TX Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Cornulina armigera, Stone City Fm, Eocene, TX Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Clavilithes sp., Cook Mountain Fm (or thereabout), Eocene, TX Sweet gastro! "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...
dozer operator Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) To me this is one of the most incredible fossil gastropods, its a 5 inch long giant fossil olive shell. Its rare and in excellent condition with color an gloss and only found in southeast florida. Its time is middle pleistocene. (Linda oliva spengleri) described by petuch. Edited April 25, 2014 by dozer operator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 very nice. "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...
Plantguy Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 You all have some mighty awesome stuff. Enjoy seeing the variety. Thanks Paul for the thread!... I dont know that I have a favorite at the moment in my collection but there are some in the Plio-Pleistocene Tamiami Formation that I have been messing with lately that are a bit different. These guys are samples of a colonial gastropod which I believe are all Vermicularia recta. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) The following two Pleurotomaria gastropods originate from the southern German Jurassic, the first from the Sinemurian and the second from the Pliensbachian. P.anglica with a small bivalve in its mouth. P.amalthei. Somewhat squashed, but still presentable. Edited April 25, 2014 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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