Dear all, I have recently been doing some fossiling up here in Columbus, Ohio, and I need some help. The other day I broke open a rock with sponge fossils all over it, and inside was a lot of deeply grooved, clam looking things. I am not sure that they are clams, though. I have heard of an ancient race of shells called "Lamp shells" and although they look like bivalves, they are not related. I read that they existed in large numbers several million years ago, and that there are only a few species living in the deep parts of the worlds oceans today. Now, here is a more detailed discription of them: Cockel shaped, about 1/2" long, with deep grooves running vertically up the shell. I also found a little pecten in between two tree roots. Here is its discription: Wings equal, with fine vertical lines running up shell, about 1/2" long. Reddish brown. My uncle has a scanner; I will try and scan these, but since we are going back down to Florida in two days and my uncle lives in Ohio, I may not be able to. Thanks, James ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]