JavierMS Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Greetings. I am a newbie inside the world of fossil hunting and I would be very happy if someone could help me to identify this broken fossil I found at a quarry. I am actually living in the Balearic Islands were is possible to find fossils from the devonian to the miocene and the one I found is lying at the lower level of a coast quarry in the island of Menorca. This area of the island was formed during the miocene and is full of bivalve fossils like pleistocene Pecten. The fossil I have found looks like a robuste bone which is about 16 cm (6,3 inch) long and which you can see at the picture I have attached here, thank you very much in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Hi and welcome. How big is it? Looks like a broken sand dollar from the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I agree, probably Clypeaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 It's a echinoid fragment, I agree probably a Clypeaster or a Scutella... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JavierMS Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Thank you very much for your help. Yes it is probably a Clypeaster Marginatus like the one you can see in this picture, which is a rare type of Clypeaster... The one I found is just a fragment but I have seen more on the stone surface so I will try to patiently extract them with chisel and hammer. Thank you very much again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Clypeaster edge. If there is one, should be more. Good find! Whole Clypes are really difficult to find. Most of them are broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Too thick for Scutella but proper to Clypeaster. " 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...
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