derg Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Hello everybody! here is a rock clast wtih many fossils. Lower kimmeridjian Laghouat, Algeria. Some of them look strange as bivalves. may be rudists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derg Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 here is other photos of the same sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Looks like a boulder with cross sections of gastropod/snail fossils. 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...
Kosmoceras Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I agree - these are gastropods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Three for snails in cross section view. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I have nothing to add...just wanted to say that it is beautiful! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I think they're rudists, in fact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 And i agree.Very typical cross-sections 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 One more for rudists. Beautiful rocks! Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Some of them are rudists, some of them are gastropods. Firs picture: upper one - broken gastropod in longitudinal section lower one - rudist lower valve in transverse section Second picture: rudist lower valves in transverse section 2 " 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...
TqB Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 15 minutes ago, abyssunder said: Some of them are rudists, some of them are gastropods. Firs picture: upper one - broken gastropod in longitudinal section lower one - rudist lower valve in transverse section Second picture: rudist lower valves in transverse section True, although that's the only gastropod I can see after a quick scan... 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I defer to the rudist experts. I have no knowledge of the critters. 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...
Kosmoceras Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Interesting - learnt something new today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 The gastropods are probably nerineidae family members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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