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Hello. I got this fossil at a store and I forgot the name of the bivalve. Thank you!

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I'll take a shot at it for you, it appears you may have a specimen of ostrea bryani.Although it is just hard to tell with no scale present. That type should be a small shell. Also, that would be assuming a late Cretaceous time period you recovered it from....

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The source the photos come from here is about 100 yr old, so I presume that name is still in use???

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If not that, could it be ostrea monmouthensis? My main study isn't in shells, but when I saw your pictures it reminded me of a shell specimen I'd recovered from the Coon Creek Formation previously. If per say, it turns out to be one of these, do you live around me???

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I'll take a shot at it for you, it appears you may have a specimen of ostrea bryani.Although it is just hard to tell with no scale present. That type should be a small shell. Also, that would be assuming a late Cretaceous time period you recovered it from....

Cool. That name sounds familiar. Thank you!

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It looks like an oyster. Possibly Graphaea sp.

Pretty sure it's not a gryphaea. This shell is more circular. Thanks for your help though!

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Cool. That name sounds familiar. Thank you!

Sir, you're welcome.

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