Sanya Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I have recently found a fossil of Conus seashell in Macedonia, in the region of Shtip, to be precise. I want to know what is the ID of this fossil. Can anyone help me to indentify it? Thanks in advance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Welcome to the forum! I think your specimen does not resemble Conus, but it might be in the line of Charonia . 3 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanya Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Thank you so much abyssunder! I assumed that is was in the line of Conus, because of its plain surface. And what do you think about its age? Below I attached more photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I'm not familiar with your particular region, but if you can supply more information about the geological settings, it might help in the ID. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Sanya said: Thank you so much abyssunder! I assumed that is was in the line of Conus, because of its plain surface. And what do you think about its age? Below I attached more photos. Welcome to the Forum. I think there is no detail because your gastropod is an internal cast or steinkern of the shell. 2 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 November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Appears to be a gastropod in the Superfamily Stromboidea. 2 "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...
abyssunder Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 If the geological age is Cretaceous, there's a good chance for Acteonella / Trochactaeon. I have similar ones from the Senonian sediments of Romania, which look like the specimen in question. If the geological age of the sediments is younger, that will exclude the current hypothesis. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanya Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) This study contains all the information about the geological age of the sediments where the specimen has been found. It is Paleogene...But according to some other studies I have read, the geological age could be Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene. Edited November 16, 2018 by Sanya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 So it might be in the uncertain K-Pg transition. Is the specimen a single occurrence in your finds, or there are more? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanya Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 I have done a research, and I find out that similar gastropods have been found in the same area. My specimen is not a single occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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