I_gotta_rock Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I brought home a limb of matrix that had fallen out of the cliff the other week. It dried out and chunks started falling off, revealing a teardrop-shaped shell and a pair of scallops. I carved through it, gluing the heck out of the tear-drop shaped shell the keep it from crumbling, and working all the way around the exposed shells so as not to break them. I found maybe a dozen 1/2-inch or smaller molds and lots of paper-thin bits of broken shell. When I finally dug out the exposed shells, I realized what the rest was-- broken bits of Isognomon maxillata, baby ones, a whole bed of them! I talked to my friend at the Delaware Museum of Natural History, who was also intrigued. He's going to take the remaining lump and examine it carefully under the dissecting scope to see what else might be in there. Lots of things predated the oysters, so could be some interesting micros in there! I refuse to give up my childish wonder at the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Cool find! The density of shelled critters there always amazes me! “...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...
I_gotta_rock Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Update: Not I. maxilla, but a Mytilus, which is smaller, thinner, and rarely seen because it is so fragile. Finally got some pictures of it the other week. this is the big one that survived. It is about 3 inches long. I refuse to give up my childish wonder at the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_gotta_rock Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 On 10/23/2017 at 6:15 PM, WhodamanHD said: Cool find! The density of shelled critters there always amazes me! Yep. I just finished digitizing the mollusk shells I collected in one day and donated to our local museum. 50 lots, 47 species, 392 individual specimens. That is JUST the mollusks. I refuse to give up my childish wonder at the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 21 hours ago, I_gotta_rock said: Yep. I just finished digitizing the mollusk shells I collected in one day and donated to our local museum. 50 lots, 47 species, 392 individual specimens. That is JUST the mollusks. Wow, that’s an amazing feat! Sometimes I’m to lazy to photograph any fossils from a trip! “...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...
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