Zenmaster6 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 So I found this one near Tukwila Washington. I think the first one is just a clam of some kind and the second one I have NO IDEA. If anyone has a clue please let me know. I can take new pictures if needed. (Area I collected it from was in a mountain in Tukwila (more like a huge hill) and it used to be a shallow ocean back millions of years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Yes, the first one looks like an indeterminate bivalve fragment. The second is a super gastropod, very pretty, Cirsotrema ? Again, let's wait for those with more knowledge than I! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Agree with shell fragment and gastropod. The gastropod looks like a print. Is it a depression or a raised area? PS There could be more of the shell fragment hidden under the matrix. 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...
Zenmaster6 Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 8 minutes ago, ynot said: Agree with shell fragment and gastropod. The gastropod looks like a print. Is it a depression or a raised area? PS There could be more of the shell fragment hidden under the matrix. Depression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, Zenmaster6 said: Depression Then it is a print of the shell. 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...
Zenmaster6 Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 30 minutes ago, ynot said: Then it is a print of the shell. Depression for the second picture. First one has more shell under the matrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 17 minutes ago, Zenmaster6 said: Depression for the second picture. First one has more shell under the matrix Yes. 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...
Herb Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 clam and gastropod also "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 You may be able to expose more of the bivalve (first specimen). Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenmaster6 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 10 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: You may be able to expose more of the bivalve (first specimen). Don I am looking into bivalves in the area with the same lines. I know it cannot be like the other bivalves because they have horizontal striations and these have vertical and horizontal. I was thinking, Venerupis philippinarum, which is common in my area. If anyone has any idea, I'm not quite ready to try to break the matrix off as I lack the proper equipment. (as of now I only have a screwdriver and a nail hammer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenmaster6 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Picture of Venerupis species. Knowns as manila clams Edited February 9, 2019 by Zenmaster6 needed to add something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenmaster6 Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 After reading through an old 1975 PDF of the Eocene marine species of the formation, I have come to a conclusion. The only shell that looks similar according to this PDF of the fossils found in the Blakeley Formation in Tukwila Washington is the Drillia Chehalisensis And by pushing a mold into the fossil, I can see that they are very similar. Thank you all for your contributions : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenmaster6 Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 I might just leave it at Drillia because for all I know it could be a new species and I can't identify it down to the last detail. So Drillia is where I am headed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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