sixgill pete Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 These mini shells are from the Haywood Landing Member of the Belgrade formation. Late Oligocene. From the Belgrade Quarry in Jones/Onslow Counties NC. Shell 1 about 4mm Shell 2 about 5mm Shell 3 about 6 mm #4 six on a dime Shell 5 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan805 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I dont have a clue... but they are wicked cool Don. I cant believe how small but perfect they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Boy, that dime sure is huge. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 The 1st one looks like Erato, but i don't know if this species exists in USA. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) Hi Don, First pic: Prunum apicinum, Marginella. Second pic: Probably a Nassarius sp, Mud snail. Third pic: Possibly Polinices sp, Moon snail Fourth pic: Tellindae sp.(3 oval like shells), Natica duplicata the little snail (now called Polinices duplicata) and Turritella sp., I can not distinguish the lines on it from some of the other species of Turritella. Fifth pic: I am shooting for a Busycon spiniger Awesome micro's Don! Libby Edited April 30, 2013 by masonboro37 Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted coulianos Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Hi Don, First pic: Prunum apicinum, Marginella. Second pic: Probably a Nassarius sp, Mud snail. Third pic: Possibly Polinices sp, Moon snail Fourth pic: Tellindae sp.(3 oval like shells), Natica duplicata the little snail (now called Polinices duplicata) and Turritella sp., I can not distinguish the lines on it from some of the other species of Turritella. Fifth pic: I am shooting for a Busycon spiniger Awesome micro's Don! Libby agree with Libby on most of these. 4th pic, center left is a juvenile Glycemeris & the long one is (I think) a Terebra sp.; the little holes in the Marginella & the Polynices were probably caused by a carnivorous snail like the Nassarius . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Buck Ward has a pub showing these. It's published by NMNH (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Buck Ward has a pub showing these. It's published by NMNH (I think) Have been unable to find this pub, Plax. any idea where I can find it? Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 should have written VMNH sixgill! Virginia Museum of Natural History. Lauck Ward is the author. Believe they're calling Haywood Landing Member early Miocene in the pub I'm thinking of. I only have a couple of pages photocopied with site information. Will do some googling to see if I can narrow it down. Also, I think that Fossil Collecting in North Carolina has a site in Croatan Nat forest for similar shells. You might check that pub for the list of references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 http://www.vmnh.net/products/cats/id/59/vmnh-memoirs I think it's memoir 02 but don't purchase it on my poor information. Perhaps you can get it from the library? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hi Don, First pic: Prunum apicinum, Marginella. Libby Is this possibly Prunum limatulum? Look at it here: http://gafossil.awardspace.com/fossilsites/leecreek/leecreek/lcothergastropoda/lcprunumlimatulumlarge.htm this seems to match better than the pics of apicinum Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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