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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. 

 

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Here it is in a standard 4.35 inch by 3.35 inch riker mount.  5af9fdd09a8ab_Ecphoraquadricostata(t)1c.thumb.jpg.9239f0da32512f3ab336e3edeb2f4e17.jpg

 

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Good catch! I rarely see them this small! I am assuming this might be a juvenile? Small but mighty!

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4 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

Tiny, but still cute! :wub:

 

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.

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Sweetness!

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That is so sweet and sad. :):(

All those years ago the little thing died so young. 

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A beautiful little gem :wub:

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.

 

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Awww!:wub:

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10 hours ago, Auspex said:

A beautiful little gem :wub:

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.

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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. :rofl::(

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1 hour ago, Auspex said:

A beautiful little gem :wub:

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.

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Well spotted, Don!

Great little find. :) 

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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.

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On 5/14/2018 at 11:03 PM, Nimravis said:

Nothing beats tiny fossils.

Agreed!

 

It's such a little cutie, Don! :wub:

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55 minutes ago, b. bartron said:

Here's one of my tiniest. 

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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?  

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On 21/08/2018 at 5:15 PM, Bone guy said:

Wow that's remarkably tiny! :wub:

How much is its size please ? :headscratch:

 

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  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.  :(

 

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