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Lance Comfort

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Lance Comfort

@lance-comfort
Conway, SC
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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Is this a fossilized bone? in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 7 months ago

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    @rebecca-mussetter  Can you give us a closer picture of the possible Bone/Coral.  I’m tending to go more with @jkallmeyer with bone.  A closer image may help with the id….Lance

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Name that oyster or Ostreidae!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    Hi Jim @jim-chandler.  Thank you for your response.  It could be Dendostrea frons, but the ribs on the one I found originate at the hinge of the shell and from what I can see in the frons they originate more from a center line of the shell.  It does appear that there are remnants of possible clasper spines on bottom shell, but it is hard to sa…[Read more]

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Name that oyster or Ostreidae!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    Eleanor Gardner @egardner Okay….doesn’t appear to be any interest in this fossil.  I have been doing a lot of internet investigation and have determined the following.  Definitely Ostreidae Lopha and even though the most similar example I can find is the marshii, this is only found in Europe.  The only Lopha I can see that was located in  Sou…[Read more]

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    Lance Comfort started the topic Name that oyster or Ostreidae!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    Found this yesterday a Myrtle Beach.  Complete both sides, cleaned the matrix from it.  My best guess is Lopha marshii, but I can’t find any info on them being on the southern east coast.  Any help with identification and age is greatly appreciated.  Thanks….Lance

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Porifera ID help in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    @jkallmeyer@lmccall Thanks Jack.  Yes I am a member, but just recently and have not made any contacts yet.  Thanks for the advice and confirmation….Lance

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    Lance Comfort started the topic Porifera ID help in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    Recently picked this piece up on Myrtle Beach SC.  It appears to be a chambered sponge, possibly in Sphinctozoa.  I have attached close up pics of the Horizontal septa between the chambers and another of what I believe to be the spicules.  Greatly appreciate help on identification.  Thanks….Lance

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Sponge, Bryozoa or Brain!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    @jkallmeyer@lmccall@jim-chandler  With your help I believe I have figured this one out.  I believe it is a fossil Tilly Bone (Hyperostosic Bone) from a large bony fish.  What do you think.  Here is a magnified picture from http://lakeneosho.org/Fossil/index.html, which looks very similar to mine.  Thanks….Lance

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Sponge, Bryozoa or Brain!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    @jkallmeyer@lmccall@jim-chandler It is fossilized.  Does not Float.  Heavy, 96 grams.  Here are a couple more pics

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Sponge, Bryozoa or Brain!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    It is fossilized.  Does not Float.  Heavy, 96 grams.  Here are a couple more pics

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Sponge, Bryozoa or Brain!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 8 months ago

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    It is fossilized.  Does not Float.  Heavy, 96 grams.  Here are a couple more pics

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    Lance Comfort started the topic Sponge, Bryozoa or Brain!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 9 months ago

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    Found this recently on Myrtle Beach while searching for fossils.  Thought at first was a sponge or Bryozoa until everyone started saying it looked like a brain (right!!!).  Here are a couple of pictures and some magnified images and would appreciate any help.  I can’t see typical Zooid but more of what appears to be tangles (sorry for poor de…[Read more]

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    Lance Comfort started the topic Sponge, Bryozoa or Brain!!! in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 9 months ago

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    Found this recently on Myrtle Beach while searching for fossils.  Thought at first was a sponge or Bryozoa until everyone started saying it looked like a brain (right!!!).  Here are a couple of pictures and some magnified images and would appreciate any help.  I can’t see typical Zooid but more of what appears to be tangles (sorry for poor de…[Read more]

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    Lance Comfort updated their own Fossil #013214 6 years, 9 months ago

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    {“post_type”:”myfossil_taxa”,”changeset”:[{“key”:”taxon_id_common”,”from”:”13217″,”to”:”16575″},{“key”:”taxon_id_kingdom”,”from”:”13218″,”to”:”16576″},{“key”:”taxon_id_phylum”,”from”:”13219″,”to”:”16577″},{“key”:”taxon_id_class”,”from”:”13220″,”to”:”16578″},{“key”:”taxon_id_order”,”from”:”13221″,”to”:”16579″},{“key”:”taxon_id_family”,”from”:”13222″…[Read more]

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Is this metacarpal from Ursus arctos? in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 11 months ago

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    @smoran  A few more pics…

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Is this metacarpal from Ursus arctos? in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 11 months ago

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    @smoran    Here are some additional pictures of the proximal phalanx.  Let me know what you think..Thanks….Lance

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    Lance Comfort replied to the topic Is this metacarpal from Ursus arctos? in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 11 months ago

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    Hi again Sean….after reading your response and looking on the web, artiodactyl proximal phalanx, I see what you mean.  I will try to take some better pictures today and post them later along with better measurements.  I greatly appreciate your help and knowledge.  Thanks…..Lance

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