Spobber Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Found this on a hike in Wadi Qurai in Oman (N 23° 10.141 E 057° 50.256 ) Can anyone help me identify it? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Based on your coordinates: And according to this geologic map: The area appears to be Cretaceous, in age. What is the size of this item? Regards, 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Probably they are bivalve shells (like the heart shaped one), gastropod shells (the spiralling one), eventually rudist remains, embedded in matrix. They look similar to the United Arab Emirate ones or adjacent areas. A good reference about the fauna of that region might be Palaeoecology of hard substrate faunas from the Creataceous Quahlah Formation of the Oman Mountains - Mark A. Wilson,Paul D. Taylor, 2001.pdf Pictures are taken from these sites just for exemplification : http://www.paraglidingmap.com/sites/United Arab Emirateshttp://www.uaeec.com/vb/showthread.php/22341- 4 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spobber Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Thank you for the answers. The larger heart-shaped fossil is about 10-12 cm across. Is the elongated part at the top of the heart-shaped fossil part of the same creature? Thank you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I suppose that it is from a different specimen, also the next one and the other one, in order from left to right. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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