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Id Help! Rudist? If So What Type?


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Appreciate any comments! Looks like a flat Hippurites radiosus?

Scientific Name: Unknown

Found: North Central Texas
Date Found: Summer 2014

Formation: Alluvium Qt / Eagle Ford

Size: 50mm

sorry for the hand and fingers!

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I think rudists have a different shape, and are often a lot bigger.

What age is it? if it is Mesozoioc I would say it is a rudist.

Nice specimen!

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Hard to tell, can you post pics of the other side?

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Its odd for sure. One side has a concave shell. It almost looks like an oyster embedded in a section of a rudist reef.

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Even for a reef, that must have been a tight one!

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