Inason Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Hello, I found what I think maybe fossiled snail half way up a small Rocky Mountain in northern Somalia. It is hollow on the the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 It would be helpful if you can show us a view of the hollowed side (opening) and something to give an idea of it's size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 It looks like a steinkern of a snail. The shell has dissolved away leaving the lithified sediment that was inside the shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inason Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 The fossils is quite heavy. It weights probably about 1.5 Kg. I had previously wanted to add few images but it kept telling any more than 1 image exceeds 3.95MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inason Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 This is the hollow side. My little finger can just about fit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 That's it. May even be a bit of shell left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inason Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 The fossils is quite heavy. It weights probably about 1.5 Kg. I had previously wanted to add few images but it kept telling any more than 1 image exceeds 3.95MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 33 minutes ago, Inason said: had previously wanted to add few images but it kept telling any more than 1 image exceeds 3.95MB The limit is a per post. You can add more pictures in replies to a thread. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 It looks similar to the internal molds of Campanile or Cimolithium. I incline toward the former. I would tentatively label it as Campanile? sp. Campanile species grew to large dimensions, and were present in the Tethyan realm. excerpt from W. Ayoub-Hannaa, F. T. Fursich. 2011. Revision of Cenomanian-Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) gastropods from Egypt. Zitteliana 51:115-152 3 " 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...
Guguita2104 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 That one is very similar to the ones we found in WPCP (Cenomanian)!But ours aren't as big as yours. The Iberian plate was also surrounded by the Thetyan sea and Cimolithium is also described in our palaeontological literature. However, Campanile sp. (that abyssunder referred) can also be a good match. They are probably in the same family, aren't they? Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 On 6/29/2017 at 5:14 AM, Inason said: The fossils is quite heavy. It weights probably about 1.5 Kg. I had previously wanted to add few images but it kept telling any more than 1 image exceeds 3.95MB If you're having trouble with image size, then cropping the photo would be useful. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inason Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Thank you all for your responses, very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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