Monster mermaid purse

[Afrikaner]

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?

Regards from Cape Town

Werner (Afrikaner)

[Kosmoceras]

Hi Werner,

It might be still out there somewhere LOL.

Roger

[Bewerkt door Kosmoceras op 20-07-2009 om 12:20 NL]

[Hammerhead]

Hi Werner,

There are always people who think they are funny!
I already started a topic with a message for the webmasters to do something about it.
Most people on the forum are realy serious busy with fossils.
So I hope someone can tell you of which shark or (I think it's a) ray it is.

Greetings,

Jan

[DragonSearcher]

Hi Werner,

Hammerhead is right, we find similar Ray eggs on our beach, only a little smaller
Hope this helps, because I cant help you with the exact species. If I do find out, I will let you know.

Regards,
Jerry

[nestor]

In my opinion too its an egg of a ray (in view of the size perhaps Raja brachyura).

Greetings
Jan

[Bewerkt door nestor op 20-07-2009 om 14:25 NL]

[Afrikaner]

Thank's Guy's for your comments,
I let you know when I found out to which
species the egg belong's but it is
not Meg:-).
You should read the jokes at "the Fossil Forum"about the egg case,Megalodon is the first name that comes to mind:-).

Werner


[Bewerkt door Afrikaner op 21-07-2009 om 05:56 NL]

[Afrikaner]

Could be a Dipturus batis Blue Skate
the egg cases on the website look the same.

Werner

http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Mermaid.htm

[nestor]

Could be, but I'm not sure. There are several species of rays of wich the eggs have a comparable size.

Jan

[Bewerkt door nestor op 21-07-2009 om 12:02 NL]

[JunkieXL]

According to size and location the first picture could be a thornback ray (seen several that look exactly like this, even the size is comparable)

[Martinc]

In my opinion this is an egg-case of the spearnose skate, Raja alba
The other egg cases look like eggs of the spiny-tailed Skate, Raja barnardi.


[Bewerkt door Martinc op 25-08-2009 om 15:53 NL]

[Bewerkt door Martinc op 25-08-2009 om 15:54 NL]