M.Youssef Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 What is this ? this is a unique specimen that was found with Goniopygus Echinoids. M.Youssef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I certainly dont know the Genus or species, but its a bivalve, a scallop. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I keep looking at your photos and keep tryin to figure out what is dorsal and what is ventral. As far as I know, the scallops swim and its usually purty easy to tell the difference. I cant figure this one out? Sorry RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 That is a very nice Lopha sp. in fact, it almost looks like a small version of Lopha subovata. It's and oyster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Dang,,,,I wanted to say oyster, but I thought that was too stupid. Now how dumb do I look? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Dam,,,,I wanted to say oyster, but I thought that was too stupid. Now how dumb do I look?RB Hey Guy, not dumb at all, most wouldn't get it being an oyster. 99% of what I hunt for is oysters, ask anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Very nice, well preserved! Any for sale? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 This type is not a bed oyster it is a reef oyster, loners of their kind so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 That is very nice, it is hard to find them in that good of a condition, with both halves in tact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hey Pat, My first thought was the oyster Plicatula. I Google'd Images for Plicatula and I thought some of them looked pretty close. I can see why and how you came up with Lopha sp. If anyone has a copy of the Pelecypoda volume of the "Treatis of Invertebrate Paleontology" maybe they can weigh in. Where is Stenzel when you need him (LOL). JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hey Pat,My first thought was the oyster Plicatula. I Google'd Images for Plicatula and I thought some of them looked pretty close. I can see why and how you came up with Lopha sp. If anyone has a copy of the Pelecypoda volume of the "Treatis of Invertebrate Paleontology" maybe they can weigh in. Where is Stenzel when you need him (LOL). JKFoam It's a real mimic for sure, there's got to be bit of both in this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 i've found similiar oysters in the upper cretaceous. unknown how some of their cousins walked to morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Youssef Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 It was found in the same location as these Goniopygus Echinoids . same type of mineralization inside. i've found similiar oysters in the upper cretaceous. unknown how some of their cousins walked to morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Oyster? Where's the pearl? Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 cool oyster! The only thing I have ever found that looks sorta similar is this inoceramid bivalve from Vancouver Island B.C. called Sphenoceramus elegans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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