caterpillar Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I've just found this big bivalve in pliocene level from south of France. http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 But the other side is full of people 3 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 2 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 The big one looks like Glycymeris , but the barnacles and especially the spiny bivalve inside are wonderful! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Nice, I like the little spiny one! “...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...
Fruitbat Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Beautiful specimen! It looks like your big bivalve was sub-letting apartment space for a few of its neighbors. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Japan Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Wow lovely and what a surprise. I agree it looks like a glycymeris. I don't know for the others but I like the spiny one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Nice find! 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...
old bones Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 That is a nice surprise. I, too like the spiny one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Nice specimen! Inside Glycymeris sp. it looks Acanthocardia aculeata (LINNAEUS, 1758). Best regards, Ricardo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Very nice surprise. Are the round marks on both the outer and inner surfaces of the big shell bore holes? Do they go completely through the shell? Most shells may have one if fed on by a gastropod. Maybe these are post mortem but by what organism? In my limited experience, it does not look like a boring sponge marks. What is the story this shell tells us? Would be interested on anyone's thoughts. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Those on Glycymeris sp. looks like holes made by endolithic sponges. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Nice assemblage! Also some nice traces. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 1 hour ago, fossilnut said: Very nice surprise. Are the round marks on both the outer and inner surfaces of the big shell bore holes? Do they go completely through the shell? Most shells may have one if fed on by a gastropod. Maybe these are post mortem but by what organism? In my limited experience, it does not look like a boring sponge marks. What is the story this shell tells us? Would be interested on anyone's thoughts. Thanks I think the holes are made post mortem http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Fantastic find! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 An other one 2 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 35 minutes ago, caterpillar said: An other one That is a sweet piece! 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...
Coco Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Hi, Very nice fossils ! Do you have an age old more precise than Pliocene ? Basal, middle, upper ? 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...
caterpillar Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Zanclean http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 On 1.8.2018 at 4:17 PM, fossilnut said: Very nice surprise. Are the round marks on both the outer and inner surfaces of the big shell bore holes? Do they go completely through the shell? Most shells may have one if fed on by a gastropod. Maybe these are post mortem but by what organism? In my limited experience, it does not look like a boring sponge marks. What is the story this shell tells us? Would be interested on anyone's thoughts. Thanks You might find this informative: https://www.steinkern.de/praeparation-und-bergung/tips-tricks-und-fallbeispiele/859-kunstharzausguesse-von-bohrloechern.html Text is in german, but the pictures are maybe quite informative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Nice specimen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 @JohannesThanks that was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Cirriped recruitment(Buschmann/Ber.Polarforsch): 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 On 8/14/2018 at 11:51 AM, caterpillar said: An other one Thats a wonderful association! great photo! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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