Bobby Rico Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hi we found this in the beach in Staithes. We thought it looked a bit like a clam, can anyone confirm this for us? Thanks. E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Your pictures don't seem to have attached. Please re-upload them. Thanks. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Looks like an internal cast of a clam. Often called a steinkern. 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...
Bobby Rico Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Awesome, thanks very much!! I think I have found myself a new hobby! E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Could be an internal cast from a Plagiostoma gigantea. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I think it's a suggestive nodule from the Upper Lias - there aren't any 20cm clams around there. The only big ones at that locality are Pseudopecten equivalvis and Oxytoma cygnipes which are strongly ribbed, from the Middle Lias. Plagiostoma gigantea is a distinctive Lower Lias one that does occur about 10 miles north westwards at Redcar but I don't think it is one. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 5 hours ago, TqB said: I think it's a suggestive nodule from the Upper Lias - there aren't any 20cm clams around there. The only big ones at that locality are Pseudopecten equivalvis and Oxytoma cygnipes which are strongly ribbed, from the Middle Lias. Plagiostoma gigantea is a distinctive Lower Lias one that does occur about 10 miles north westwards at Redcar but I don't think it is one. Tarquin knows best. I was just thinking Lias, whereas he knows all the details. 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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