I get a sign that I am not allowed to open that site!
Henk K. Mienis

----- Original Message -----
From: Kurt Auffenberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: Philippine Fossil(?) Shell


> Dear Paul....I'd love to examine the photo...but, alas, I get a display
> saying "cannot find server"....I'll keep trying, but perhaps something's
> amiss on your end....
>
> The Philippines is FULL of sedimentary rock of many ages (that's one
reason
> why the land snail diversity is sooooo high) ....  although there are
> numerous references on the fossil marine fauna, I know of no fossil land
> snail literature whatsoever..... although I've collected brecchia-like
> deposits (cemented shells in hard matrix in crevasses in limestone cliffs,
> etc.) full of land snails in several places over there.  This may be what
> your fellow has, but the beach locality is a little bothersome....
>
> Kurt
>
>
> At 12:00 AM 8/30/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello Conch-L, especially you Fossilers . . .
> >
> >Someone asked if he could send me a picture of a shell he found on the
> >beach in the Philippines.  The shell was "in a bigger rock that had
> >shells in it".  So, I assume it is a fossil.  It doesn't look like any
> >living Philippine marine shell that I know of, though it does look
> >rather like a Helicostyla land snail.  The specimen is solid (not
> >hollow) and "feels like a mineral".  He has another one that is
> >identical, but has a hollow interior, and also feels "like mineral".  I
> >am curious about this because you don't hear much about Philippine
> >fossils.  Is there much sedimentary rock in the Philippines?  If anyone
> >has any ideas about this, please reply.  The pictures are not great, but
> >can be viewed at:
> >
> >http://members.home.net/paulcyp/FOSSIL.JPG
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Paul Monfils
> >
> Mr. Kurt Auffenberg
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