Andrew Vik
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Paul:

To what group of oysters do these fossils belong?
And why would anyone doubt that they are fossil oysters?
We have bivalves of that size (Tridacna) in the modern world.
Oh well, there are people who doubt just about everything from
the holocaust to the Apollo Moon explorations.

Yours, Andrew V.

Paul Monfils wrote:

> Hello Conch-L,
>
> A month ago, George Sangiouloglou posted a piece about a discovery of
> giant fossil "oysters" high in the Andes Mountains in Peru.  Recently
> our local shell club printed a picture of the find in the club
> newsletter.  I have posted it for anyone who would like to take a look.
> The picture quality is not great (scanned from a halftone, which was
> probably copied from a newspaper), but still interesting I think.
>
> http://members.home.net/paulcyp/GIANTSHL.JPG
>
> Regards,
> Paul M.