jpbowden Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hello All, I have a couple of snails and friend that need a name please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screweduptexan Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Is the last one some sort of coral or sponge? I know I have seen it somewhere before. I can't come up with anything clever enough for my signature...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 How 'bout Manny, Moe, and Jack? (Sorry, couldn't help it. The snails are really nice, 'specially the first one. I guess the third item is a bryozoan?) "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...
screweduptexan Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Ok, I have a question with probably obvious answer: What is the difference between a coral and a bryzoan? Please educate me. I can't come up with anything clever enough for my signature...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 How 'bout Manny, Moe, and Jack? (Sorry, couldn't help it. The snails are really nice, 'specially the first one. I guess the third item is a bryozoan?) I have just slit my wrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screweduptexan Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I have just slit my wrist I can't come up with anything clever enough for my signature...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 How 'bout Manny, Moe, and Jack? (Sorry, couldn't help it. The snails are really nice, 'specially the first one. I guess the third item is a bryozoan?) The net-like structure looks like the bryozoan Fenestellina. You'd get more help if you'd provide collecting data and age. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 They are from the Whiskey River Bridge, Stone City formation of the Eocene here in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Try something like this (1) Turriteilu ?? = aka Manny (2) Ecphora ?? = aka Moe (3)Bryozoans, Fenstrellina =aka Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Pat, The snail in the upper photo on the left is Trigonostoma panones juniperum (Harris). The snail in the upper photo on the right and the middle row on the left I can't id from the pictures. The last two photos are of a bryozoan named Trigonopora grande (Cantu and Bassler). When you come to visit bring that other snail so I can get a better look at it and we will id it. The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Pat,The snail in the upper photo on the left is Trigonostoma panones juniperum (Harris). The snail in the upper photo on the right and the middle row on the left I can't id from the pictures. The last two photos are of a bryozoan named Trigonopora grande (Cantu and Bassler). When you come to visit bring that other snail so I can get a better look at it and we will id it. I sure will, thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Ok, I have a question with probably obvious answer: What is the difference between a coral and a bryzoan? Please educate me. Screweduptexan, Good question. OK, Corals are part of the phylum Coelenterata or Cnidaria if you prefer. They are the most simply organized animals having well developed body tissues. They essentially have tentacles surrounding the mouth and stinging cells. They may be solitary or colonial animals. The bryozoan are a separate Phylum, Bryozoa. They are always colonial and do not have stinging cells. They are more complex than Cnidaria, having in addition to tentacles around a mouth they have a digestive tract and a body cavity that contains reproductive elements. This is best I remember from my Zoology days. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Try something like this (1) Turriteilu ?? = aka Manny (2) Ecphora ?? = aka Moe (3)Bryozoans, Fenstrellina =aka Jack Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Agreed! I need a sharper blade.........no, really..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 coral vs. bryozoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Daniel AKA (Bones) Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 They are from the Whiskey River Bridge, Stone City formation of the Eocene here in Texas. Did you find them next to a bridge off a highway about 45 miles south of Dallas? v = 0.25 * g0.5 * SL1.67 * h-1.17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Did you find them next to a bridge off a highway about 45 miles south of Dallas? Their from near Bryan, Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have just slit my wrist I laughed so hard I bout wet my pants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 coral vs. bryozoa Thanks for putting up that link; lots of folks will find it very useful. "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...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 ^^The article didn't specify, but Bryozoa have a "U" shaped gut track. As such, they are a more advanced critter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screweduptexan Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks for the comparison between bryzoa and coral. I knew y'all would have the answer. I can't come up with anything clever enough for my signature...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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