Dan 1000 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Hello, Last weekend I went back to Fossil Beach with my dad. Fossil Beach is located in Mornington, Victoria, which is approx 70km south of Melbourne. The location is part of the Fyansford Formation which is middle Miocene (10-15 miilion years old). I hadn't been here for a couple of months and was actually planning to go to another location in Bendigo (central Victoria), but we slept in and went here as a "fall back" location Anyway, what a day! There had been a lot of quite heavy rain in the previous weeks and there were so many fossils that had washed out of the exposed clay and onto the beach ...we were just picking them up among the rocks. It was quite warm inland, but at the beach the ocean was covered in thick fog which dropped the temperature right down ...luckily no wind. There were a couple of other group there also. Regards, Daniel Micantapex rhomboidalis Conus sp Gastropods ?? Left: Gastropod ?? Middle: Cowries ....found 5 cowries in a cluster when i lifted a lump of clay. Right: Have never seen these before at Fossil Beach.....any suggestions?? Scaphopods Various bivalves. The far right, bottom row, was a fully intact one with both top and bottom halves joined!! Top Row: Biplex maccoyi Middle Row: ?? Bottom Row: Various corals Columbarium sp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Nice finds, especially the ones on the right of pic no. 4! Lucky you get to live so close to that place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Very nice finds! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Hi Daniel! The molluscs you've found look to be in great condition - congrats! And what a nice variety of forms - wonderful!!! I was thinking that the specimen circled in red below might be a limpet - what do you think? Monica PS - I, too, would be excited over finding a bivalve with both valves intact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Lovely haul, Dan! Some splendid specimens there including some super scaphopods! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Monica said: Hi Daniel! The molluscs you've found look to be in great condition - congrats! And what a nice variety of forms - wonderful!!! I was thinking that the specimen circled in red below might be a limpet - what do you think? Monica PS - I, too, would be excited over finding a bivalve with both valves intact! Hello @Monica Both are flat gastropods. Do not think they're limpets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Great finds, I love shells and can’t wait to head down to Florida next year to collect more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Looks like You found some nice pieces, and lots of them. Congratulations on the successful hunt. 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...
Max-fossils Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Awesome finds! For the two "flat" gastropods, I can try to find a family/genus if you show some more pictures. On 9/1/2018 at 9:46 AM, DanKurek said: Notovoluta or Ternivoluta ?? ....not 100% sure. They seem more like cone shells to me (family Conidae) For the bivalves, same story: if you show some pictures (the hinge needs to be visible) I'll try to narrow the ID down to family/genus. Well done on this seemingly fruitful day! Max 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...
Phevo Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Thanks for sharing, the gastropods are really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 @Max-fossils Hi, They werre supposed to be Conus, not Ternivoluta. My bad Thank you for your suggestion. It is quite hard sometimes to ID Australian fossils because of the lack of available literature. I will take some better photos soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Fantastic finds. 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...
Coco Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 On 02/09/2018 at 11:08 AM, Max-fossils said: For the two "flat" gastropods, I can try to find a family/genus if you show some more pictures. Perhaps Architectonicidae family for the one surrounded in red. 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...
Max-fossils Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Coco said: Perhaps Architectonicidae family for the one surrounded in red. Coco I was thinking that too (for both "flat" ones) 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...
elcoincoin Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 architectonica sp either torinia sp 2 examples from the french eocen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Brilliant finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Hi Dan Try this link for your ids. Australian Miocene mollusks "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...
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