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Inoceramus sulcatus (newer genus name Actinoceramus sp. Meek 1864) with matchbox and original label1a.jpg

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Bivalve

Inoceramus sulcatus

Newer genus name Actinoceramus  sp. Meek 1864

(Animalia, Invertebrata, Mollusca, Bivalvia)

These specimens were found in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK.

From the Cretaceous Gault

Cretaceous period (144 - 65 million years ago)

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Fossil in Matchboxes

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BobWill

What great fun. I love going through old collections like that. Are there more besides what you have posted so far?

 

If they were collected in the mid 1980's I wonder why the collector didn't use the newer genus name Actinoceramus  sp. Meek 1864. Maybe your reference books don't use it either. They are still in the Inoceramidae family so maybe it was a change everyone didn't agree with.

Cheers

BobW

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10 hours ago, BobWill said:

What great fun. I love going through old collections like that. Are there more besides what you have posted so far?

 

If they were collected in the mid 1980's I wonder why the collector didn't use the newer genus name Actinoceramus  sp. Meek 1864. Maybe your reference books don't use it either. They are still in the Inoceramidae family so maybe it was a change everyone didn't agree with.

Cheers

BobW

 

Hi @BobWill thanks for looking. There are indeed quite a few matchboxes to get through with contents ranging from the Caenozoic, Mesozoic and Palaeozoic.

One of the reference books passed onto me with the collections was the “ British Mesozoic Fossils “ first edition printed in 1962 price “Twelve shillings and Sixpence “.

 

So I’m guessing the gentleman who collected this particular fossil used this book. Then put the fossil in its box with the hope of researching it at a later date.

 

Unfortunately that date never came….until now as I attempt to pick up where left off. With the generous help from TFF members the New Year 2017 should be a rather nice knowledgeable learning one.

 

Thank you for the heads up with the revision I’ll make amends to my description in my journal and in my Fossils in Matchboxes Album.  

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Yes, most of my fossil books are at least that old. I haunt the used book stores in north Texas for anything related to the subject. I didn't know about the revision until I looked it up on Wikipedia because it looked so different from the Inoceramus clams I find here. I was re-directed to the new name so we both learned something.

 

That will be a good foul-weather project for you and help hone your identifications skills in the process. I'm looking forward to seeing more. BW

 

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