Bama Guy Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Found about 75 years ago in an old quarry in Crenshaw County AL. Any help in identifying appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I’m not familiar with the area, but I believe it’s a bivalve whose name probably ends with cardium. Many call them deer heart bivalves. 2 “...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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Really nice specimen! And a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Beautiful steinkern of this bivalve. I love the mahogany coloration. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Wow I’ve never seen one that pretty! Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Looks like a Cucullaea gigantea, more info here - 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Very nice historic sample. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Welcome to the forum! That is really a beauty. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 guessing Venericardia steinkern. I'd google the state geology map and then google " mollusks, ? formation" once you determine the formation. You may only get pics and lists of shells instead of steinkerns. It will require some imagination to decide which shell left the steinkern behind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 we find similar in Florida quite regularly, but unfortunately ours all look like they were poured out of concrete. You have a beautiful one, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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