Fossil Clam Or Small Oyster?

[TennisTort]

Hi,Yes another one of my finds, I found this in my grandparents gravle drive way

looks to me like a alcan or Small Oyster,it is a fossil I do believe, and I once again can't upload the right way so here they are on Tinypic.com

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=15xqp7d&s=8#.VHUXlcso7qA

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=18p2dd&s=8#.VHUYlsso7qA

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ln9100&s=8#.VHUY28so7qA

I can get more pics too

[tmaier]

I don't see any pictures on the site that you are posting to. Maybe post on this site?

[erose]

Brachiopod. Shelled animal, but not a bivalve (=oyster or clam). Looks like some sort of "Spirifer" but we would need to know more about the location, or source of the gravel, to pin it down any better than that.

[jhw]

That's a brachiopod of some sort.

[TennisTort]

Sorry it won't let me upload them from my IPhone cause the Size is too big, let me see if there another way

[TennisTort]

And the gavel is from Indiana

Edited November 26, 2014 by TennisTort

[Auspex]

[TennisTort]

Thank You!

[Auspex]

It looks to me to be a Mucrospirifer sp. (the tips of the 'wings' are missing).

[TennisTort]

Cool I've had it since I was like 10 and never knew what it was and Well Now I do, Thanks a ton

Also, I'm not going to sell it but are they worth anything or is an uncommon find?

Edited November 26, 2014 by TennisTort

[Fossildude19]

Mucrospirifer sp. brachiopods are very common in some parts of the U.S. - So much so, they are an index fossil of Devonian strata.

Regards,

[tmaier]

Look around some more in that gravel. You might find more oddities, like crinoid stems or other fossils. Where you find one fossil you are likely to find more.

Crinoid stems...

http://www.google.com/images?q=crinoid+stems&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1

What you are picking through is about 400 million years old. It's in pretty good shape for its age, huh?

[Herb]

ditto on the mucrospirifer.