BayFinds Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Hello, Can anyone help me ID this item I found along the York River near Williamsburg, Virginia? Measurements are in inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Can We see more pictures that show all sides? 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...
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Darktooth Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I don't know what the item is itself, but the pattern on it reminds me of attachment marks from barnacles. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 A steinkern of a clam with (much later) barnacle marks, as Darktooth suggests. 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayFinds Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I agree with Harry Pristis. Steinkern. 1 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...
KimTexan Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 It could very well be an internal most of a clam, however I just spent the weekend on Solomon Island hunting Chesapeake Bay site’s. I also went to Calvert Marine Museum which has a nice collection of fossils found in the Bay Area. It was actually a special event there this weekend. I got to talk with one of the guys at the museum and he showed me all kinds of stuff and took me to his prep room. One of the things he showed me was a nose bone of a sunfish. The one he handed me actually looked a bit like a bivalve, but it was more like mineralized bone texture. I think he said they rub their noses against corals and shell to break them up so they develop this calcarous bump on their noses. Not all of them look like a bivalve though. The one on display didn’t have a grove in it. So, does it have a bone texture to it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayFinds Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 38 minutes ago, KimTexan said: It could very well be an internal most of a clam, however I just spent the weekend on Solomon Island hunting Chesapeake Bay site’s. I also went to Calvert Marine Museum which has a nice collection of fossils found in the Bay Area. It was actually a special event there this weekend. I got to talk with one of the guys at the museum and he showed me all kinds of stuff and took me to his prep room. One of the things he showed me was a nose bone of a sunfish. The one he handed me actually looked a bit like a bivalve, but it was more like mineralized bone texture. I think he said they rub their noses against corals and shell to break them up so they develop this calcarous bump on their noses. Not all of them look like a bivalve though. The one on display didn’t have a grove in it. So, does it have a bone texture to it? No bone texture. It’s very smooth, but just looks like it has texture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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