5 10 264 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/64a81e75f32ef424298959c7cebc3761.png fd4c67ca787135e9207cfd3b36d12788 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/9a18218036d06e6443dcba55b46080f9.png 7dd7d4f45a02ec1705e08342bb998e3a Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0104<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Exogyra virgula</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Species</h3> <div class="element-text">virgula</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Ostreoida<br />Family: Gryphaeidae</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Growth lines<br />Ribs<br />Umbo<br />Two valves</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Mineral replacement of shell</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text"> <p>A feature characteristic of the<span> </span><em>Gryphaeidae<span> </span></em>is two asymmetric valves. The upper valve (the right valve in development) is flat, whilst the lower (left) valve is curved<em>.</em></p> </div> </div> https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/8eaa473dd7d61a0f9b949c52940b3f8b.png 04b32654ed12f34a9ab33ca5a7f279cb https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/71b6d92cb571f5b62e0a31e9f4cb53c2.png 8af57c96212361611f10dd5fe642ffb4 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/fadbed9c87d573d69f1173fe10c1db8d.png c62560bc8a56e403d190ecfb3b89093a https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/5e0852343c05f438ad6ec179fc0255ab.png c2ba21732421be06bf0edaa3ea27dc95 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0105<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Gryphaea dilatata</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Species</h3> <div class="element-text">Gryphaea dilatata</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Ostreoida<br />Family: Gryphaeidae</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Umbo<br />Growth lines<br />Two articulated valves</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Mineral replacement of shell</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text"> <p>Asymmetric valves distinctive for<span> </span><em>Gryphaeidae<span> </span></em>- flat upper (right) valve and curved lower (left) valve. With this shape<span> </span><em>Gryphaea<span> </span></em>reclined in the sediment, filter feeding.</p> <p>Repair scars are visible on most<span> </span><em>Gryphaea</em><span> </span>specimens. When the animal was attacked unsuccessfully by a predator, a small amount of a growth line at the edge of the shell would have been chipped away. The next growth line would have filled in the missing part of the shell, leaving an uneven growth line pattern, with a 'v' or 'u' shape visible.</p> </div> </div> devil's toenail https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/c3324586885f42157f049b9c036cac25.png 89e8817421f2f384e81f9f4420f7481f https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/b9045139e77d79063f1fc1982f435a4c.png 5974d4cb8b58a91600da59ca2859d794 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0106<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Gervillella</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <h3>Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Cretaceous</div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Triassic to Cretaceous</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Ostreoida<br />Family: Bakevelliidae<br />Genus: Gervillella</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Umbo<br />Growth lines<br />Two articulated valves</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Mineral replacement of shell</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">Judging by the long elongate valves, this bivalve likely lived as a stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder.</div> </div> infaunal suspension https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/e254f9adffba091e666a22ebfe0c7129.png e02d8d2835ff2d321c9b7598d1e9562c https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/60c703c1100108e36f83219896dd885b.png e701eeac71bd3e5b09df5181f011b0d0 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0107<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Spondylus</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Cretaceous</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Triassic to present</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Pectinoida<br />Family: Spondylidae<br />Genus: Spondylus</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Umbo<br />Ribs<br />Dorso-ventral symmetry<br />Two valves</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Mineral replacement of shell</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">Rarely for bivalves<span> </span><em>Spondylus<span> </span></em>articulates its valves using a ball and socket hinge, not a toothed hinge. It was spiny when alive (to discourage predators).</div> </div> https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/c9e2499a122e4597e9f19df699963504.png 03ed8962e155e2a3b0dd13cae844caa9 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/0c9a1fbc0adddfdfe032510a8edfd904.png 656d6a73e5c4e87bd30f15a61bbc6ca5 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0108<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Inoceramus</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <h3>Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Cretaceous</div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic to Cretaceous</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Praecardioida<br />Family: Inoceramidae<br />Genus: Inoceramus</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Ribs<br />Umbo<br />Two valves<br />Near dorso-ventral symmetry</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Internal mould</div> </div> symmetry https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/e203589dd9ac05b05396221eaef8f8f7.png e0acc7fae3bf649ef8357b63348e383c https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/8ba045235ba811efd4c4aae24e29404f.png 686f4e75efc38769320b89f851c06a21 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0109<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Crassatella</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Eocene</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Carditoida<br />Family: Crassatellidae<br />Genus: Crassatella</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Ribs<br />Growth lines<br />Umbo<br />Dentition<br />Adductor muscle scars<br />Palial line</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Original shell material</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text"><em>Crassatella<span> </span></em>lived as a mobile infaunal suspension feeder. It could change location as a response to predators, food supply or other factors.</div> </div> infaunal suspension https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/e73e6f884f82e196bad0397867f63fee.png b890a3d8a61915db92548a1d070eb627 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/c3dca5420db5ab61867fbee57a9188df.png ed0a8549d23e4df1a66b286cb3a6cc1e Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0110<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Lithophaga inclusa</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <h3>Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic<br /><br /><h3>Location</h3> <div class="element-text">Coral Rag, Upware</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Species</h3> <div class="element-text">Lithophaga inclusa</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic<br /><br />Lithophaga: Triassic to recent</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Mytilida<br />Family: Mytilidae</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Dorsoventral symmetry<br />Two valves<br />Growth lines<br />Umbo</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Set 1:<br />Original shell material<br />Set 2:<br />Mould of boring in which the shell lived (can see the structure of the Coral Rag)</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text"> <p><em>Lithophaga</em><span> </span>bore into hard substrates, and often preserve as the specimen from Set 2 has, as moulds of the borings they make. They lived as suspension feeders.</p> <p><em>Lithophaga </em>bore into rocks by secreting a weak acid. This dissolves calcareous substances, sometimes including other bivalve shells, into which the animal bores.</p> </div> </div> bore symmetry https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/533d3bc7c6e79272190ee6c9a1beae06.png 0f841787895073b5a0e31101ca7729c2 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/5bdee4770eaad0a26bb49264cf2cce91.png 81dedd3cae1dc5f38e32f35e53df8f31 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0111<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Opis virdunensis</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Species</h3> <div class="element-text">Opis virdunensis Buvignier</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Carditida<br />Family: Astartidae</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Two valves<br />Hinge<br />Adductor muscle scars<br />Dorso-ventral symmetry</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Internal mould</div> </div> https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/6f0e00b620cedcff450eeb24b3353227.png c17c73f983d5da60b4389b3f0d0aedfa https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/a0a542afd484bbbed9415aa72e8d6b02.png c2725f4e72a31bb71133efca23804d9a Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0112<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Dimyodon nilssoni</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <h3>Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Cretaceous<br /><br /><h3>Location</h3> <div class="element-text">Cambridge Greensand, Barrington</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Species</h3> <div class="element-text">Dimyodon nilssoni</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Cretaceous</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Ostreoida</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Cemented onto fish vertebra</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">Identification of these as bivalves took a very long time (historically) as few features are preserved. However, knowing that these are bivalves they can be easily spotted throughout much of the Jurassic and Cretaceous, cementing to hard substrates. The shape of the valve (of which only the inner layer remains) gives probably the most distinctive feature for this kind of animal.</div> </div> cement sessile substrate https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/cbf9d9d28b66b02664cbccf609bf88a2.png 6ffd63b54045297134c8cec0e1652c10 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/173e34aa8bf84ba5eaf7d0061154adb9.png bb0bd9269a0f03c762ef3a77f366fb99 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF0113<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Pecten</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician to recent</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Mollusca<br />Class: Bivalvia<br />Order: Ostreoida<br />Family: Pectinidae</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Ribs<br />Growth lines<br />Characteristic 'fan' shape (Pecten only)</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Original shell material</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text"> <p><span>Pecten </span><span>can escape attention predators by swimming away. They can swim in short bursts by clapping their two valves together quickly.</span></p> <p>They live a nektobenthic lifestyle: sitting on the seafloor for the majority of the time, swimming to escape danger.</p> <p><br />Watch a <em>Pecten maximus </em>swim:<span> </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/14672545">Video</a></p> </div> </div> nektobenthic scallop