dalmayshun Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 In late March a friend and I took our kayaks to our favorite Calooosahatchee River location. We spend an afternoon looking around, and trying to protect ourselves and our kayaks from the drafts of the huge yachts that were crossing from one coast to the other, through the connecting waterways. After one huge yacht ( which didn't slow down at all), the waves knocked me and the kayak into the bank, and out dropped a lionspaw...pristine. Needless to say, though i was banged up, I started digging around a bit at the edge....out popped several more lions paws, and this beautiful problematica cowrie...still with color and sheen...I couldn't believe my eyes...it looked like I had just picked it up off the bottom of the ocean someplace. At any rate, I finally have gotten around to cleaning them all and thought I'd post them. Enjoy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Very nice. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Those Lion paws looks really good. Similar in structure to the Chesapectens of MD/VA. Gorgeous finds. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUAN EMMANUEL Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 You got some neat scallop shells there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerogrower Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Nice finds. Glad you are ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelonly Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Absolutely lovely finds!! Glad you were rewarded after being knocked about in your kayak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Great finds- congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I've not seen 'lions paws' before. Really beautiful! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachbum Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Nice finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimlock Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Love the cowry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hey Rod, those are sweet Pectinid finds. Ive not seen that form up this way. Curious as to whether there are any of the other types there too in addition to the Carolinapecten eboreus that you and Mike were discussing in an earlier thread from this year? Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Very interesting pectinids! Never see them before. Are those Nodipecten nodosus ? " 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...
dalmayshun Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 yes, they are nodosus and a couple of them look like they were just picked up off the ocean floor, though they are at least 40 miles from the ocean where it lies today, and under about 18 or so feet of river bank. I am including some more, this time nodipectin colleriensis, a ancestor of the the nodosus that I recently picked up at a local construction site...late miocene or early Pliocene. A friend and I picked up about 130 specimens of various sizes of the collierensis over a couple of trips. The entire area will soon be covered over with an apartment complex. the top rows are collierensis, include a couple of complete bivales, though most are only right or left....the bottom row is the scallop Euvola hemicyclica...and are absolutely gorgeous, about 1 - 1/12 inches thick, really lovely elegant shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Chris, the other bivalves my friend and I have found there are amusiums, generally had to find complete since they are so thin. My friend did find a complete double valve in the bank, so having both sides kept it pretty nice, except for few chips along the edge. The other bi-valve I have collected in the general area, of the river, (about 2 miles away) are cardium dalli...that is a acrosterigma I am told. At any rate, they are a hard thick shell and so complete specimins are fairly easy to find. We also find gastropods...this is one of my favorites.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 D,I love the way you have those pectinids aligned/arrayed/ordered/whatever. That's a GREAT pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Hey Rod, thanks for the additional info. Yes the Cardiums do to tend to hold up especially well. I've not run into that gastropod in my travels much--I think I have some small ones and only one thats more than 2 inches long. thats a beauty! I dont remember which Hexaplex it was and yours is different if thats the right genus. Congrats! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now