sixgill pete Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Last week on a trip to the Tar River I brought home several decent sized Ecphora quadricostata along with an assortment of other gastropods and bivalves. This was on the same trip I found the Gannet ulna. While cleaning matrix from one of the larger ecphora's today, I found this teenie tiny ecphora quadricostata. It is 13.6 mm (.53 inch) long and 11.4 mm (.45 inch) wide. Here it is in a standard 4.35 inch by 3.35 inch riker mount. 10 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Tiny, but still cute! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Good catch! I rarely see them this small! I am assuming this might be a juvenile? Small but mighty! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Tiny, but still cute! Don Thanks Don. I thought it was pretty cool. 2 minutes ago, Kane said: Good catch! I rarely see them this small! I am assuming this might be a juvenile? Small but mighty! Kane, I am guessing juvenile also. Anytime I clean matrix from anything, I catch it in .75 mm screen Never know what may in there. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Sweetness! Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 That is so sweet and sad. All those years ago the little thing died so young. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 A beautiful little gem Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from the Tar (or anywhere other than the Pliocene of Virginia and Florida), it should officially now be officially called Ecphora gardnerae. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Awww! “...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...
sixgill pete Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 10 hours ago, Auspex said: A beautiful little gem Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from the Tar (or anywhere other than the Pliocene of Virginia and Florida), it should officially now be officially called Ecphora gardnerae. Chas you could very well be correct. I have heard some reference to that, including the four ribbed ones from Virginia if I remember correctly. But, all of the reference material I have right now still calls the ones from the Yorktown of Lee Creek, E. quadricostata. But the Tar? Not sure. I will be seeing Dr. Ward in less than 2 weeks at the Aurora Fossil Festival. Adding that question to my list. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilSniper Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: That is so sweet and sad. All those years ago the little thing died so young. That's a twist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Auspex said: A beautiful little gem Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from the Tar (or anywhere other than the Pliocene of Virginia and Florida), it should officially now be officially called Ecphora gardnerae. The outcrops along the Tar River where this Ecphora is found are Pliocene Yorktown Formation. Ecphora quadracostata is the Ecphora from the Yorktown. I think Ecphora gardnerae is Miocene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Yes and they are so much tastier when small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Well spotted, Don! Great little find. 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...
MikeR Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Al Dente said: The outcrops along the Tar River where this Ecphora is found are Pliocene Yorktown Formation. Ecphora quadracostata is the Ecphora from the Yorktown. I think Ecphora gardnerae is Miocene. Eric is correct. E. gardnerae is found in the Upper Miocene St. Marys Formation in Maryland. E. quadricostata is restricted to the Pliocene including all of the Yorktown, Duplin, Tamiami and Jackson Bluff Formations. 1 "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Nothing beats tiny fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 On 5/14/2018 at 11:03 PM, Nimravis said: Nothing beats tiny fossils. Agreed! It's such a little cutie, Don! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b. bartron Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Here's one of my tiniest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 54 minutes ago, b. bartron said: Here's one of my tiniest. Wow that's remarkably tiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b. bartron Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I have smaller! Here's a few in this picture that are super tiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 55 minutes ago, b. bartron said: Here's one of my tiniest. I've heard you all refer to micro fossils and the name says a lot. But just how small do specimens such as the above shell get to be? And does anyone have an example of the greatest size spread among a particular order? Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 On 21/08/2018 at 5:15 PM, Bone guy said: Wow that's remarkably tiny! How much is its size please ? 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...
RJB Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Some tiny gastro's for sure. Ive always loved the gastros too. Used to have a collection of 'tiny's' but donated it years ago. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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