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I have now figured out the identity of the fossil in my message just above. It is Musculus somaliensis, a member of the Mussel Family. It occurs in the same strata as the Brachiopods Somalirhynchia africana, Amydroptychus sp. and Monsardithyris sp.

The director of Geological Enterprises, a firm that claims to have the largest collection of fossils for sale in the world, confirmed the photos show internal brachiopod moulds. Next question of cause is, of which species. Is there anyone who knows an article that lists the Brachiopod species for th...

The director of Geological Enterprises, a firm that claims to have the largest collection of fossils for sale in the world, confirmed the photos show internal brachiopod moulds. Next question of cause is, of which species. Is there anyone who knows an article that lists the Brachiopod species for th...

Thanks Niels and Frederik, I am considering it may be the interal mould of a mollusc. However, if it is an internal mould, the shell should be on the negative, which it is not, or the shell has desolved, in which case there should be a hollow space where it used to be, which is not there, or the int...

Thank you for that suggestion Tim. The two specimen in these photographs are from the Mur des Douanier in Vireux-Molhain. I got them about 10m east of where the fence that indicates the fossil reserve stops. The Mur is famous for its trilobites, so we are talking about a marine environment from abou...

/oldfossil/opslag/963199390bivalve-couvin-1.jpg /oldfossil/opslag/1266946479bivalve-couvin-2.jpg I found this little shell at the site just north of Couvin. I do not think it is a brachiopod because I do not see a peduncular opening (but that area is damaged), and both shells seem to be equally lon...

/oldfossil/opslag/2108412521Ethiopia-1.jpg /oldfossil/opslag/1083842413ethiopia-3.jpg /oldfossil/opslag/1714135766Ethiopia-2.jpg Thanks Frederik, I did buy the specimens at the Blue Nile gorge at a remote location. A cab brought me to the gorge over the asphalt road that had recently been construct...

Thank you so much Johan! I now read the Kiessling et al. paper carefully and I am positive the pictures show Somalirhynchia africana. I also identified two other species, but I guess now I know their names I must post the pictures in another box. [Editted by 2Ronalds on 07-09-2011 at 01:08 GMT +1] [...

/oldfossil/opslag/1322912359Meristina-Ethiopie-1.jpg /oldfossil/opslag/1139485006Meristina-Ethiopie-2.jpg /oldfossil/opslag/1318369836Meristina-Ethiopie-3.jpg /oldfossil/opslag/465397899Meristina-Ethiopie-4.jpg In 2005 I bought five shells from a kid when we made a trip from Addis Abeba to the Blue...

/oldfossil/opslag/193779124chengjiang-lingulate-2.jpg This is a picture of what I think must be a lingulate brachiopod. It was hidden on a plate with several Palaeolenus trilobites from Chengjiang that I bought on ebay. I compared it to Diandongia pista, Heliomedusa orienta, Lingulella chengjiangen...