PSchleis Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Picked up on Myrtle Beach today. I've seen stingray mouth plates before and this reminds me of that, but they were always small detached pieces with the vertical lines - never inside something bigger. So maybe this is something else? A piece of shell maybe? Appreciate your thoughts. Thanks! Paula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 In your second photo it appears to be thin so I would say shell. 4 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Paula, I think you have bivalve imprints in a phosphatic matrix. 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...
sixgill pete Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I would say either a broken worn pecten cemented to the matrix or a pecten imprint in the matrix. 2 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...
abyssunder Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, sixgill pete said: I would say either a broken worn pecten cemented to the matrix or a pecten imprint in the matrix. Good point, but I've never seen that kind of ornaments in any (lower or upper) internal sides of the Miocene - onward pectinid valves I collected in Romania. I would mention, that all of them were hundreds miles away from any recent sea or ocean shore, so I can't imagine how they may look inhabited for a long time in a phosphate-rich saltwater environment. " 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...
PSchleis Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 hours ago, sixgill pete said: I would say either a broken worn pecten cemented to the matrix or a pecten imprint in the matrix. Yeah, I'm leaning more toward some kind of shell in the matrix (or imprinted) then something biological now. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, PSchleis said: some kind of shell in the matrix (or imprinted) then something biological now. Sell is biologic. 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...
PSchleis Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 17 hours ago, ynot said: Sell is biologic. Ah, hadn't thought of it that way. Thanks, Ynot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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