Afrikaner Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hi everybody, since I started collecting shark teeth on the beach I sometimes find some mermaids purses and learned on the internet that they eggs from sharks or rays but on saturday I found this huge on and would like to know from what species it is? Any ideas? I know it's no fossil . Regards from Cape Town Werner (Afrikaner) Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I wish I could help, but those are cool looking, never seen any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THobern Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 The top two are rays, but that's all I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 That is the mermaid purse from the Darylus hannahensis of the Tomhanksian formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 That is the mermaid purse from the Darylus hannahensis of the Tomhanksian formation. I presume you are referring to the specimen aquired by the Johncandyish Foundation? Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepinthemud Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hmm... those Skate cases are always so funny looking... but that one is ginormous! You win! (though I have no idea of the breed?) maybe Manta! Maybe megalodon? "To do is to be." -Socrates "People are Stupid." -Wizard's First Rule "Happiness is a warm Jeep." -Auspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brachiomyback Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Found similar ones (Raja eglanteria / ray) on my first trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina.... My kids wanted me to buy an aquarium and "hatch" one at home. If I knew it would become a Darylus hannahensis, would have to consider building a backyard pool - Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 What ever it was, it was BIG! Coco will know... "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...
Northern Sharks Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Mermaid.htm Werner: Check out this link, the smaller ones may be Raja undulata, and the giant one Dipturus batis. I have one from a Port Jackson shark at home. I feel sorry for the shark that had to pass it, I'll post a pic tonight. There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I use to find those Skate egg cases when I was a kid on a beach in Maryland. I just recently found a few in Mrytle beach, sc. I have always like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikaner Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Thank's Girl andGuy's, maybe it is Megalodon . I let you know when I find out . Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikaner Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Mermaid.htmWerner: Check out this link, the smaller ones may be Raja undulata, and the giant one Dipturus batis. I have one from a Port Jackson shark at home. I feel sorry for the shark that had to pass it, I'll post a pic tonight. Hi Kevin, I had a look and I think your right, it looks like Dipturus batis Blue Skate. Thanks for the help. Werner Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Boy Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I wonder if these exist in the fossil record? Kevin Wilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkchaser Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I wonder if these exist in the fossil record? I think I recall reading about some fossil shark egg casings from Mazon Creek. RAWR! I am zeee dead bobcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I think I recall reading about some fossil shark egg casings from Mazon Creek. They do come from Mazon Creek- Palaeoxyris sp (I think that's spelled right) This is the only place I know of that produces them with anything resembling frequency There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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