Description
Here is a wonderful little Mississippian Clam from the Blue Ridge Esker in Jackson, Michigan.
This is an Pelecypod from an area that is no longer accessible to the public.
This is a Fossil Pelecypod Clam Preserved in a sandstone matrix. This was collected decades ago and recently prepared in our prep lab. I still have some of this material from an area that cannot be collected. Here is a Super detailed Clam from Michigan.
Fossils from this site are preserved in Spectacular detail. Because of the wide variety and number of these clam fossils it is also assumed they lived in dense communities,
The Fossil Pelecypod Clam is actually an animal related to modern day clams. They have many modern relatives called pelecypods today but then they lived in shallow salt water seas and lagoons. They lived during the Paleozoic and were most prevalent during the Mississippian Period.
Although there were many species of pelecypods, they shared a basic body styles. The styles consisted of a bilaterally symmetrical shell with the animal living inside.
The clams living near what is now the Blue Ridge Esker were established near a delta system that periodically buried the colonies in silt. It is because the silt hardened into stone that preserved the clams in detail.
This Fossil Pelecypod Clam has exceptional detail. It is 1 inch long and comes in this handsome glass topped collectors case. . It has been prepared using air abrasive tools.
