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Mariah Voigt posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoMariah Voigt has contributed specimen mFeM 82323 to myFOSSIL!
Mariah Voigt posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
Mariah Voigt has contributed specimen mFeM 82323 to myFOSSIL!
Brachiopod, don’t know what species but it looks huge
a scallop, or a scallop-like brachiopod
Greetings @mariah-voigt et al.! Most of the strata around Albuquerque is Neogene and Quartenary formations so they would make a brachiopod less likely as well as its large size. Could upload a photo a the specimen with a measuring tool for scale?
Thank you, @Matthew-Gramling, I would request the same thing. It is possible that it may be part of a plant, which means that I will not be helpful. I am not sure this is the case, but I will tag in @MacKenzie-Smith just in case.
Greetings @samantha-ocon ! I was thinking about tagging you and @mackenzie-smith on this conversation yesterday actually , but I was having trouble finding Mackenzie ‘s tag. Thanks for networking a connection as always!
@samantha-ocon @mariah-voigt With the wing on the left (left from the shell’s perspective, bottom of the picture) it looks shell like and not plant. The asymmetry of the valve would place it in Bivalvia/Pelecypoda (whatever we’re calling it now). My two guesses would be a pectinid (scallop) like @leonardo-miranda suggested or something in the family Arcidae (the ark shell family of clams). I think a scale bar would help with the ID. Also, if you’re comfortable with sharing more locality data that would be useful too. The area surrounding Albuquerque has rock from every era in the Phanerozoic so that’s a lot of time to filter through without a more specific location.
It’s a big fossilized shell
It’s a big fossilized shell
Hi, @MacKenzie-Smith, I see what you mean; I just had a hard time with the scale.