Hit The Deck Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 A friend of mine gave this to me from a dry creek bed on hunting lease in west Texas. It’s about 3-1/3” long and weighs about a pound and a half. Any idea on a make and model? He did say there were more so I need to find out if I can get permission to do some post dead hunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 im pretty sure its an eroded AMC Pacer "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit The Deck Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 what year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 after looking at the pacer wiki I am guessing a beige 1978 Pacer D/L sp., but hopefully others will weigh in... "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 is that the holotype? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I found a Ford Pinto, but it blew to pieces when I tapped it with a hammer. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 You guy's will power is amazing! I had a dead Pacer one time, I used it as a green house. "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...
Herb Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Looks like the internal mold of a pelecypod, maybe Pholadomya if Cretaceous? "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...
Kehbe Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Almost looks like a nut! For comparison...Coco-de-Mer-Seychellien It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Definitely a clam steinkern; if it were from the Paleocene of Maryland, I would call it Culculla gigantea. "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yes, that clam stienkern is a definite clue to go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 It certainly looks Cretaceous. But to proceed with a Genus ID we need to see the outline of the clam. Flip it 90 degrees and take another picture. Also more infor on location would also help. Jim The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit The Deck Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Here is a side view and one for scale. Sorry about location, some ware in the vast prime west Texas hunting lease area. Maybe that narrows it down to the size of Connecticut or one on the larger 50,000 sq mile states? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araucaria1959 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Perhaps internal mold from Isocardia? araucaria1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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