papejl Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Hello. We did some exploring yesterday and found our way to the St Johns River in Deland. I love shells and picked a nice heavy fossil up that was lying near the water in the sand. Picture is attached. I think it is a Spiny Jewel Box without its spines but it is at least 2.5" and I can not find any documentation that said they were that big. Can anyone tell me if it might be something else? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Welcome to the Forum! I think you are right about the "spiny jewel box". Here is one similar in the Gallery of our Forum: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/23070-arcinella-arcinella-spiny-jewel-box/or here on google: https://www.google.com/search?q=arcinella&biw=1360&bih=612&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CC8QsARqFQoTCI6R37fx7McCFcVeFAodo1kEiA " 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...
Shellseeker Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 As I saw your post, I went outside my house and took this photo. This is one of the smaller Spineys that I found on a field trip at SMR Aggragates 5 miles due west of Sarasota. If you EVER get the opportunity....jump! The smallest are around 2 inches in diameter with numerous ones 3-4 inches. I put together a group of 15 3.5 to 4.0 inch shells my hunting partner to sell on ebay. SMR is in the Tamiami Formation with 3-4 mya shells. They were just bigger then...The size today rarely exceeds 1.25 inches. SS 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 In a word...beautiful, in two words...beauty full. Thank you SS. " 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...
Auspex Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 In four words: "BE YOU TEE FULL" "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Very nice! 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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