GallinaPinta Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 So the beach was recently excavated and what was covered by the ocean for so many years, dried out and the sand was excavated and made into huge dunes full of old seashells and mysterious oysters and conches. I found many bivalves and i stumbled upon this weird stone that is covered in fossil like formations and shells. Any idea what it could be? Is it a fossil? Is it extinct? Its driving me NUTS. Link to post Share on other sites
Kane Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I am going to provisionally guess coral. Any chance of seeing a picture of the ends? Link to post Share on other sites
GallinaPinta Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 I tried to post more pictures but it says i can only post 3.95 mb. How can I post more pictures? Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Try to refresh your browser. You can add 3.95 MB per posts - just reply at the bottom of this topic. Cropped and brightened: Link to post Share on other sites
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GallinaPinta Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 Here are more pictures Link to post Share on other sites
DevonianDigger Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'm going to go with shipworm. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TqB Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I think it could be a serpulid. Link to post Share on other sites
RJB Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Not a clue what this is, but very interesting. It does look very 'worm' like. RB Link to post Share on other sites
abyssunder Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) It looks like a teredinid, maybe Kuphus. " Fossils of the extinct species, Kuphus incrassatus, have been found in rocks in Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Florida and Mississippi. " - according to Wikipedia link Edited March 30, 2019 by abyssunder 1 Link to post Share on other sites
abyssunder Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Kuphus “incrassatus Gabb’’ (p. 719). Length 62 mm, diameter of anterior end 13.4 mm, diameter of posterior end 6.5 mm. Locality 112a. USNM 64.7796. excerpt from here 3 Link to post Share on other sites
GallinaPinta Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 So how old is it? Link to post Share on other sites
DevonianDigger Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 If the ID is correct, probably Miocene or Oligocene, anywhere from roughly 5-33 million years old. (My somewhat educated guess. Others might have better info.) Link to post Share on other sites
Nimravis Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 What beach in PR? Or near what city? Link to post Share on other sites
GallinaPinta Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Nimravis said: What beach in PR? Or near what city? Aguadilla puerto rico, where christopher colombus first set foot Link to post Share on other sites
DevonianDigger Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, GallinaPinta said: Aguadilla puerto rico, where christopher colombus first set foot A very close friend of mine is from that very area. His father is an archaeologist there. Small world! Link to post Share on other sites
Nimravis Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 34 minutes ago, GallinaPinta said: Aguadilla puerto rico, where christopher colombus first set foot I climb the boulders on the beach when we visit there and my wife has family in Aguada as well as Coamo. We will be out there again in September, I can’t wait. Link to post Share on other sites
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