NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 First, hi again to all you TFF members, I haven't been on in a long time and it feels good to be back. Recently was given this fossil by my great-auntie, she just had it lying around with this awesome geode and slab of amazonite (?) , so she mailed me all 3. Now, when she described it over the phone at first I was sure it was going to be an orthoceras slab, due to the abundance of those, especially in markets, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it wasn't, looks rather like sea snail shells to me. One side has hard black sediment polished off to show the (intricate) internal structure of the shells, the other has lighter sediment unpolished with some bits of shells sticking out in 3-D, I found this really interesting to get both 2-D and 3-D fossils on the same piece, also the contrasting sediment colours is interesting but I can assure you from looking at it, it is no glue-together or fake- this stuff has evidently meshed naturally and over time. The slab is about 1 cm in thickness. The coin shown in these pictures is an Australian 5 cent coin (just whatever I had on hand) Anyway, thanks if anyone can identify. Looks cool anyways I'm CRAZY about amber fossils and just as CRAZY in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf1 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Hi, #3 reminds me of Elimia tenera (Pleuroceridae, Cerithioidea / Eocene). Perhaps you can compare with pics from the www. Kind regards: wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Turritella agate or Elimia tenera...http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov11macro/JohannaForish/Johanna_Forish_turritella_agate_article.pdf " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 looks like some kind of Turritella to me also. "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...
wolf1 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Hello Herb, this species was considered to belong to the genus Turritella (family Turritellidae) for some time, but recent investigations revealed that it is the freshwater species Elimia tenera and belongs to the family Pleuroceridae (see link from abyssunder). Kind regards: wolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks for the info, you are correct. Very cool. "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...
Dave pom Allen Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 i haven't seen anything like this from new zealand but thats not to say it isn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks guys for all the help so, freshwater invertebrates? sounds cool to me I'm CRAZY about amber fossils and just as CRAZY in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 From google images it is nearly identical to the kind of stuff they dig up at wyoming I'm CRAZY about amber fossils and just as CRAZY in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf1 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Hi NZ_Fossil_Collecta, you wrote: "so, freshwater invertebrates?" Yes, they are freshwater gastropods (snails). @Dave (POM) Allen: these snails from USA / Wyoming area are sold worldwide in large amounts. My sister gave me a nice specimen a few years ago and yesterday I saw these snails on a flea market in Germany, somewhere in Lower Saxony . Kind regards: wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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