Frank Menser Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) Ok...we see a ton of Ammonites on this forum (enough to make us think there was little else in the ocean). However, fossil shells are there that are often overlooked so you know you have them...so show us your (non Ammonite) shells! Florida produced some of the greatest variety of shell fossils before developement destroyed many collecting localities. Everything from the odd to the massive (that is a penny in those pics ). Here is a comparrison between a common shell and a variation that was undocumented at the time of discovery (1998 by James Miller) Note the extra row of spines. NorthCarolina has a few goosd shells as well. Here's one from Java. And Hawaii. ...and of course, Brachiopods! Edited October 14, 2009 by Frank Menser Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 We're not bashing ammonites here are we? BTW beautiful shells Frank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 nice shells frank. i especially like the ecphora. i gotta get to n.c. this winter, and do some hunting. ive got a few cretaceous shells that i'll post pics of later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I have many more than shown here. Sorry for the over-lighted pictures: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?app=gallery&module=user&user=101&do=view_album&album=203 and http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?app=gallery&module=user&user=101&do=view_album&album=202 I have even considered concentrating my focus on molluscans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 If its not an ammonite, then,, is it a shell? Ha!! Just kidding Frank. You have some rather nice shells there. Thanks for showing them. For me, I dont care how old a fossil is, but it has to be in rock for me to really like it. I guess thats the 'Prepper' attitude? I do have a box full of gastros and clams from italy and florida, but havent seen them in years. I wonder if Ive got some super rare fossil shell that I dont even know about? Anyways, here are some of my favorites that I have prepped out of hard rock from years past. Thanks Frank. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Here is a small opalized clam shell that I just received from Australia. It has some nice fire to it. John If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Dangit Frank,, now youve got me started again!!! Heres some more. On rock. Or is it,, In rock? The two pectin pics are the same pectin,, one before and one after its prepped. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Ok,, one more. Here is a very large and very colorful gastropod. Some folks have tried to tell me that this is an ammonoid? Silly folks. Its obvious that this fossil has the 'classic' snail structure. Heh,,heh,,, Its Genus is Gastropodusmaybeus, and its species name is 'aprilfoolishnonsencis, even though its not even close to April. Enjoy RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Gang, Sweet fossils... RJB, its extremely nice what ever the heck you want to call it... Its tough to follow that but I hope I dont temper the pace too much with a brachs in matrix photo--Sorry Frank ...Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I can't keep up, now you want shells I just found two beer flats of coral: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 All right, all right, I'll come out off my shell to show you this I was told only a few of these have ever been found. I could be wrong. Anyway would love to know the exact name. This came from Aurora NC. Also here are some other shells. The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Jr. Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Ok,, one more. Here is a very large and very colorful gastropod. Some folks have tried to tell me that this is an ammonoid? Silly folks. Its obvious that this fossil has the 'classic' snail structure. Heh,,heh,,, Its Genus is Gastropodusmaybeus, and its species name is 'aprilfoolishnonsencis, even though its not even close to April. Enjoy RB you know RJB, it's great to have you back, but some of the stuff you post can be depressing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I found this on another shelve in the Dino Room I'm surprised how much sea sh#t I really have:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Aha! I knew some of you had those guilty secret shell collections hidden away... RJB that is the most Ammonite looking non Ammonite I've ever seen. Nice prep jobs... Odd shell Phoenix...but somehow familiar...Hmmmm And hey...I like Brachs...good candy And john...might that clam be from Cooper Pedy? Sometimes simple can make it...Here's an olive from South Florida; a delicate one as the dark lines disappear if left in the sun. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 you know RJB, it's great to have you back, but some of the stuff you post can be depressing... TJ's right Olive shells hold a place in my heart. When I was 5 or 6 I found one one the beach here in Galveston, I gave it to my mom 40 years later after she past I found in her jewelry box Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 As you can see, this is my passion...Inverts, specially shells from Neogene! Although some of you look at them as something "too common", that is the thing that does them for me peculiar. But that isn`t true in some cases. This is part of my gallery you can visit in the forum. They are the desirable ones that any European collector of shells would like to have... Hope you enjoy them! The first one is bivalve from final pliocene of Almeria, Spain: Amusium Cristatum. An extinct shell, with both valves preserved. The second one is called Melongena Subcarinata, from the Eocene of France. Beautiful sculpture! Very rare to find it intact! Another example of Eocene gastropod from France; Athleta Labrella.A quite rare specimen, with a disctintive shell form... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Another bivalve; Hinnites Crispus. A rare find from Zanclean of south Spain. This shell appeared on middle miocene, and dissapeared during Pliocene, with very low number at this time. A beautiful shell, Pterynotus Friedbergi, from the Tortonian (Miocene) of the famous site of Korytnica, Poland And Trigonostoma Acutangula, a spectacular gastropod from the Miocene (Burdigalian) of France. All of this are actually extinct. Do you want to see more? Enter my gallery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I haven't taken many pix of my shells yet, but in the interests of participating, here is a brac plate from a road cut in Kentucky, just outside Louisville. I too love that gastroammoniteopod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 OK, a closer check reveals that I lied to you, I do indeed have a picture of one of my shell specimens. From N Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Great shells folks, I love the opalized and iridescent ones especially... bright colors and shiny things always get me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchhunter Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Finally a topic about "the other" molluscs. My main interest besides sharkteeth are molluscs. I have not got a huge collection, but I got some rare holocene and miocene/ pliocene species. You can see many of them on my site: www.cylichna.page.tl Hope you like them, Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brachiomyback Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 One from Chesapeake Beach, MD .. an extinct scallop - Chesapecten nefrens and one from Green Mill Run, NC Agerostrea sp. .... find any of those there Frank? - Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggle Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 great variety of shells I've never seen or found! Thanks for sharing. Here are a few from the Yorktown Formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Here are a few from Lee Creek. If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 And a couple more from Lee Creek. These are twofers If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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