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Frank Menser

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Nice plate, Bear! :wub:

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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A oddities;

A Gastropod cast composed of pure golden calcite xls...

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And a phacops head (negative) shelering a tiny (2mm) Brachiopod...

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Be true to the reality you create.

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Some Cretaceous ones...

Cassiope branneri (calcite replaced?):

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Cerithium:

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Now some Paleozoic ones...

Cinclidonema texanum: (rare)

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Worthenia:

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I meant to post this pic for the post about Worthenia, but anyway here it is... Are these Worthenia? Found in Tennessee in old stuff (Ordo or Devo perhaps?)

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Hi boys.. it is MB again !!! :D

As I told you before, I have the luck to have a lot of different levels of age in my town or very close of it.

Here are some nice shells of gastropods from a Thyrrenian fossilized beach, 10 minutes from home :P

They are Strombus bubonius, Cymathium dolliarium and Conus sp.

Ohhhh; I love those Early pleistocene shells! :wub: Have you got different ones?

By the way; they are labeled in the reverse order

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A Muricid still in matrix with smaller and abundant Cerithium sp.Early Pliocene (Tyrreniensean?).Alicante; Spain.

By th way; the matrix is heavely mineralized, so is extremely hard.

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I have never seen some of these. Really nice.

Thanks,here is the fossilised inside of a French shell and others specimens

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Is that internal picture from the insides of a brachiopod? Amazing how something so fragile can be preserved like that for so many years.

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Is that internal picture from the insides of a brachiopod? Amazing how something so fragile can be preserved like that for so many years.

Yeah, I love it when the lophophore is preserved!

Excellent fossils!

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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J'ai quelques coquilles aussi:

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:D:blush:

But if you prefer, I will do a new thread ! I have a little more ^_^

Coco

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Coco, your shells are gorgeous! :wub: I had a huge modern shell collection about 20 yrs ago which included a sea turtle shell that was probably 2' x 3' but I sold them all when I moved. I'm still kicking myself for doing that! :(

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You will need some paper towels but,

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Campanile giganteus

Not my pic and not my specimen, but I've got two just like it in my possession about a foot and a half tall.

Eocene from Champagne, France

Bordeaux produces marvelous shells as well.

Wine and Fossils - what could be better :D

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Paper towels ain't gonna cut it; I'm goin' with a Sham-Wow...

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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Paper towels ain't gonna cut it; I'm goin' with a Sham-Wow...

Actually one is for sale, but If ya have to ask........ :money: If I still have it by the spring show season, I will have a bottle of Champagne standing next to it to be included with the specimen :lolu: The Bordeaux shells didn't rate that.

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