No. Think about a snail-shaped structure in a totally different creature.
Zoochat Wildlife Quiz
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Was it Bellerophon, which may have been a gastropod or monoplacophoran? Its shell has been confused with that of a cephalopod
The “snails” were not molluscan structures!
Were they concretions formed by casts of snail shells?
No. Part of a larger creature in a different phylum.
They were actually vertebrate remains....
The only "snail-shaped structure" in a "totally different creature" that springs to mind is the cochlea of the ear. (And the word "cochlea" is derived from the Greek for snail.)
Indeed! Which animals cochleae were mistaken for fossil cave snails?
Bat's?
They were indeed bat cochlea; I cannot remember where I found this referenced; think it was in a work by Peter Dance, David Heppell or Karl Shuker. Anyway, Pipaluk, your turn to set a prehistoric question...
Pipaluk, are you going to set a question?
If Pipaluk doesn’t set a question, would you like to Tim?
Looks like it’s over to you Tim, for coming up with cochleae!
William Buckland demonstrated that prehistoric remains, found in an English cave, belonged to a species of carnivore.
Name the carnivore and the cave.
Kirkdale Cave, Spotted Hyena
In which unexpected place was an Aepyornis egg found in 1999?
Cervantes, Western Australia
Without tilting at windmills! Over to you...
I remember when someone wanted to call a donkey "Hotay".
Which marsupial disturbed Lawson's sleep?
Which marsupial disturbed Lawson's sleep?