pefty Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Years of collecting the strand line in Asbury Park, NJ, have revealed a lot of the rarer elements of the modern shallow marine fauna, as well as of the Cretaceous marine biota whose fossils wash up there. But this month I was astounded to come across this shell, which I believe to be a craniid brachiopod's dorsal valve. Based on its condition I can't be sure whether it's modern, subfossil, or even Cretaceous. It's matrix-free and shows signs of having been encrusted by cheilostome bryozoa. Can someone confirm or refute this ID? Can someone with expertise in the Cretaceous coastal plain comment on the likelihood of this specimen's possible Cretaceous origin? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Welcome to TFF! This looks like a limpet shell. It also looks recent and not fossil. Lets see what others think about it. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I agree with ynot. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Well that wins the contest for 'what to use as a scale'. Enjoy the beer and enjoy the forum John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Cup and saucer shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Have a look on Calyptraeidae family, perhaps you will find it (Patella are Patellidae family, Diodora are Fissurellidae family and I don't think they have this little "thing" under them). Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pefty Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Cup and saucer shell it is! Thanks to all who helped me understand what I'm looking at.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucibulum_striatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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