jdaven Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Found these while fossil hunting in Southeastern Virginia. The fossils that have been found in the area were from the Pliocene Era. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 It is a gastropod in the genus Ecphora. "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...
kaarenlinton Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 If memory serves me, this is the state fossil for Maryland. Ecphora quadricostata. Yup, old memory still works. http://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/fossils/maryland_state_fossil_shell_fs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 If memory serves me, this is the state fossil for Maryland. Ecphora quadricostata. Yup, old memory still works. http://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/fossils/maryland_state_fossil_shell_fs.html Correct, with two points appended: E. Quadricostata has been renamed E. gardnerae, and Ecphoras from the Pliocene Yorktown Formation are still being argued to be a different species. "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...
jdaven Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Thanks for good memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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