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  1. ziggycardon
    Hi everyone! Last weekend I took a couple of days off work for my birthday and I decided to visit a fossil spot in the ardennes which was recently recommended to me because there was a chance to find fossils of primitive plants as well as devonian fish (which is one of my main interests within the hobby). The site is relatively close by as well which was a huge plus as it only took an hour to drive. The fossils in this location date back to the late Devonian, Famennian to be exact (372.2 million years ago to 358.9 million years ago) After searching for a 45 minutes we finally found the top spot with the right layer rich in plant material, here are some in situ pictures of the larger examples (which we didn't extract). If I am correct I believe these are the remains of Rhacophyton condrusorum which is a primitive species of fern if I remember reading once. We were also lucky to find some fossils of devonian fish, which was the main reason for our visit. A lovely small Lungfish (Dipnoi indet) tooth An imprint of a fish scale of bone While it was quite a cold day, it was sunny and we had a quiet afternoon at the spot where we could search in peace.
  2. gigantoraptor

    Cretaceous shark tooth Belgium

    gigantoraptor posted a topic in Fossil ID

    Hello all During my fossil hunt yesterday, I found these two shark teeth right next to each other. I assume both are the same species, I just don't know which one. They were found in the region around Mons/Bergen in Belgium, where both Campanian and Maastrichtian seem to occur. I don't know exactly which layer these came out of, since I found them in a collapsed wall. Sharks seem to be quite rare here, so really happy with them. As found: The second tooth: Thanks all for your help.
  3. Airless

    Hello From Belgium!

    Airless posted a topic in Member Introductions

    Hi all, I've decided to finally make an account on here. Accountant here, working for the big4, but in my spare time, I LOVE to go out for a fossil hunt. Takes me away from the rat race and puts everything into perspective. Living a few hours away from the french finding places Cap Blanc Nez and Cap Griz Nez, that's usually my go to place to stroll the beach and find something interesting. I have a nice collection of minerals lying around here as well. Also very interested to learn about other fossil locations in France. I'm often in the French Alps and in the bay of the Somme, (Normandy) near Dieppe. Picture below is from one of my latest trips. The specimens haven't been cleaned yet, I usually bring them in like this, and am always up for tips on how to best preserve them. I also added a few other pictures I really like. I did find a few things that I haven't been able to ID yet, so I'm hoping some of the experts here on the forums will be able to. Thanks and see you all around!
  4. paleoflor

    Lower Devonian plant

    paleoflor posted a topic in Fossil ID

    L.S., Hope someone on TFF can help me with the identification of a plant fragment from the Lower Devonian (Pragian) of the Belgian Ardennes. The specimen in question consists of a 17 mm-long, 12 mm-wide oval-shaped body, which is seemingly covered in equant scales (though this could also be an artefact of the surface preservation) and has curved spine-like protrusions (see right hand-side of specimen in first two photographs). The detailed structure of the specimen is quite difficult to capture, so I added four photographs taken under different lighting conditions. Hope this is enough to showcase the main features. To my eye, the overall texture and "spines" do resemble those of Drepanophycus-like stems, which have been observed at the locality. However, I find it difficult to explain the oval-shape of this structure in terms of a stem fragment. This rounded shape gives it an almost strobilar appearance. The specimen is associated with long, naked axes having a smooth surface, present in the same slab of rock, but not in organic connection. Other floral elements encountered at the locality mainly include zosterophyllopsids. Are you aware of any scaled strobilar structures from the worldwide Lower Devonian to which I could compare my Belgian find? Or do you think this specimen should be interpreted as a (rounded) stem fragment? I'm really struggling with this one, so I would love to hear your thoughts! Kind regards, Tim
  5. ziggycardon
    On saturday I went on my first fossil hunting trip of 2021 with the BVP. Normally we would visit my favorite quarry "the Romontbos quarry" in Eben-Emael which is Maastrichtian in age, but due some complications that trip has been posponed till the end of September. Instead we went to the SETIM quarry in Tontelange in Belgian Luxembourg which was quite cool as it supposedly only the 2nd that this quarry allowed fossil hunting so everyone was quite excited. The rocks we hunted in this quarry are Jurassic in age, mainly Hettangian & Sinemurian. The lower levels of the quarry also had deposits of the Triassic (Rheatian) but those were not exposed at the moment unfortunately. But I had a great time at the quarry and I was very pleased with my finds. In a few of the quarry walls were used as nesting for sand martins (Riparia riparia) A piece of rock with the imprint left by a coral in it. A rock with some beautifull Crinoïd stems.
  6. ziggycardon
    Hi everyone! Around 2 months ago on the 16th of october 2021 I went on a fossil hunting trip with the BVP to the stone quarry of Lompret in Belgium. https://www.paleontica.org/locations/fossil/654 The rocks in this quarry are Devonian in age and date back to the Frasnian (382.7 million years ago to 372.2 million years ago) with the finds mostly being from both the Neuville and Matagne Formations. According to Tom our excursion leader this quarry exists out of what used to be coral reefs and islands that formed around atolls. The fossils that you can find in this quarry are Brachiopods, Bivalves, Gastropods, Corals, Bryozoans, Cephalopods like Goniatites and Othocone Nautiloids and in very rare cases Placoderm and trilobite material (although no one was that lucky during the excursion). The quarry is also very rich in minerals like Baryte, Calcite, Quartz, Galena, Fluorite, etc... I have long looked forward to visiting this quarry, so I was very happy to finally be able to go and it did not dissapoint! It was quite foggy in the morning when we arrived which both looked eerie and cool at the same time, luckily it later cleared up! There where quite a lot of other people in the quarry (mainly people looking for minerals like Byrite and Galena) but our club headed straight to higher plateau of the quarry where some of the black Matagne Shales where with very nice Pyritized fossils and to where the waste heaps were to look for fossils. That's me looking for Brachiopods and pyritized Goniatites and Bactrites. A large Hexagonaria coral which was a little to heavy to bring home We also found some Pyrite cubes which (although very exhausting) we managed to extract
  7. Manticocerasman

    Bactrites sp.

    Manticocerasman posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion

    I've been cleaning up a few boxes with devonian fossils from the past few months and came around this nice little fellow. I cleaned him up and gave him a paraloid treatment to preserve the pyrite. It is a complete specimen of a Bactrites sp. from the Matagne shales ( Frasnian, late Devonian ) from Belgium, both phragmocone and body chamber are preserved. They are a little unusual, as the do not belong to the nautiloids as his first appearance might suggest but they have their own subclass and are considered to be the ancestors of the ammonids ( they have a ventral syphuncle like all the ammonoids ) Fragments of them often pop up from the shales, but I rarely find them complete. This one is going in the display cabinets
  8. nala
    SPIRIFER AEDUENNENSIS and other brachiopods DEVONIAN EMSIEN BRAS BELGIUM

    From the album: Brachiopodes, Shells, corals, sponges......

    SPIRIFER AEDUENNENSIS and other brachiopods DEVONIAN EMSIEN BRAS BELGIUM
  9. paleoflor

    Alethopteris sp. (TKTW0298)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Alethopteris sp. (TKTW0298)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  10. paleoflor

    Stigmaria ficoides (TKTW0234)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Stigmaria ficoides (TKTW0234)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  11. paleoflor

    Mariopteris sauveurii (TKTW0233)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Mariopteris sauveurii (TKTW0233)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  12. paleoflor

    Lepidodendron sp. (TKTW0186)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Lepidodendron sp. (TKTW0186)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  13. paleoflor

    Sigillaria rugosa (TKTW0105-2)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Sigillaria rugosa (TKTW0105-2)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  14. paleoflor

    Calamites goeppertii (TKTW0105-1)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Calamites goeppertii (TKTW0105-1)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  15. paleoflor

    Alethopteris sp. (TKTW0103)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Alethopteris sp. (TKTW0103)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  16. paleoflor

    Lepidostrobus sp. (TKTW0083)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Lepidostrobus sp. (TKTW0083)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  17. paleoflor

    Calamites sp. (TKTW0081)

    paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections

    Calamites sp. (TKTW0081)

    From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)

    © T.K.T. Wolterbeek

  18. Jerrychang

    Mako teeth from belgium

    Jerrychang posted a topic in Fossil ID

    The seller said all teeth are found in Antwerp area in Belgium and is from middle Miocene Epoch. Most of them have a broken root, but I think the root is not the main characteristics of makos. I guess they are the same species?
  19. Manticocerasman

    Musée de l'iguanodon

    Manticocerasman posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum

    Last Saturday our geology club “Lithos” planned a trip to the “Musée de l’iguanodon” in Bernissart. https://bernissart.be/index.php/tourisme/musees/musee-de-l-iguanodon Apart from the usual exposition there was also a temporary display of the geology of the “Hainaut” that was made by the local geology club of Bernissart ( C.G.H. ) As a bonus we also had the opportunity to visit the club rooms and collections of the C.G.H. in the buildings next to the museum. Their collections included lots of regional fossils, minerals from all over the world an minerals from Belgium. The expo from CGH: Fossils from the former coal mines: Some of the museum displays: The real deal a genuine specimen from the famous site of Bernissart: some of the display cases in the club rooms from the CGH:
  20. Manticocerasman

    Prospection day in the Ardennes.

    Manticocerasman posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

    This is a little prospaction day that we have done a month ago. The original thought was to go to Barveaux in the Ardennes, a site renowned for its spirifers and prospect other locations. The first stop was the area of Barveaux itself, but everything was overgrown and hard to access, so we didn't find anything here. We then hit the road to the south and prospected a few outcrops without a lot of success. After a while we passed Marche en Famenne,. Nearby was a industrial area where in the past I've found lots of spiriferids on construction sites, so we decided to give it a go. When we got there no new construction projects were going on, but a large area was leveled for future building projects. Although a little overgrown, the whole area was accessible and slate was all over the area. It didn't take long before we found the first spirifers. Apparently this site hasn't been prospected in a while, the whole area proved to be littered with spiriferids, although most of the time weathered. After an hour or two we had filled a bucket with them. After this we were heading home, meanwhile keeping an eye out to outcrops or building sites. We did find another small piece of land ready for construction and full of slate. Not a lot was to be found here except an odd round shaped nodule that got my attention. I got it out of the ground and after cleaning it up there were septa visible at the back. The nodule turned out to be a fragment of a large cephalopod, a great way to end the day of prospection. the Cephalopod fragment:
  21. ziggycardon
    Hi everyone, today I arrived a small batch of shark teeth which came from the Egem Clay, Tielt Formation, Egem, Belgium that date back to the Ypresian, Eocene (53 mya). I attempted to ID them but as usual I would like to see what your imput is on my ID's. Tooth 1: Striatolamia macrota or maybe even Cretalamna sp. Tooth 2: Brachycarcharias lerichei? Tooth 3: Striatolamia macrota Tooth 4: Striatolamia macrota Tooth 5: Hypotodus verticalis or Striatolamia macrota Tooth 6: Odontaspis winkleri
  22. wintrbird89

    Found in Belgium

    wintrbird89 posted a topic in Fossil ID

    I found them in a gravel in Belgium
  23. Manticocerasman

    Well preserved goniatite prep.

    Manticocerasman posted a topic in Fossil Preparation

    Lately Natalie is surpassing me on finding cephalopods. It is not every day that we find a Crickites sp. In the field, let alone a well preserved specimen with the living chamber. So I went to work to prep her precious find: It was a very promising looking specimen and it lived up to the expectations. Crickites sp. Late Devonian ( Frasnian ) Matagne formation Chimay area ( Belgium )
  24. wintrbird89

    What kind of coral is this?

    wintrbird89 posted a topic in Fossil ID

    I found it in Belgium
  25. ziggycardon
    Hi everyone! Today is received a bunch of unidentified fossil shark teeth found in a now closed sand quarry in Lede Sand, Lede Formation, Balegem, Oosterzele, Belgium (Eocene, Lutetian, 44 mya). I was hoping some of you might help me out with confirming the ID's of the teeth. I have some idea's what the ID might be, but I am not entirely sure about most. Tooth 1 & 2: Definiatly Sandtiger teeth with fine stiations on the crown. That makes me believe that these are probably Striatolamia macrota Tooth 3: Same goes for this one, I also believe this might be Striatolamia macrota Tooth 4: My favorite tooth of the bunch, I am doubting between Brachycarcharias lerichei or Hypotodus verticalis (Upper lateral) Tooth 5: No stiations and a worn cusp 3 mm away fro the base of the crown Hypotodus verticalis? (Upper anterior) Tooth 6: Hypotodus verticalis? (Lower anterior) Tooth 7: Either Hypotodus verticalis or Jaekelotodus robustus Teeth 8 - 11: Brachycarcharias lerichei? Tooth 12: Not sure about this one, maybe Macrorhizodus nolfi anterior tooth or Parotodus sp.? Tooth 13: Looks closest to Xiphodolamia ensis Tooth 14: A tooth with cusps and striations Striatolamia macrota? Tooth 15: small cusps and striated Striatolamia macrota? Tooth 16: I have not really a clue which one this could be. Tooth 17: either Odontaspis winkleri or Brachycarcharias lerichei Tooth 18: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 19: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 20: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 21: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 22: Not sure about this one either. Could it be Jaekelotodus sp. or Paratodus sp.? Tooth 23: Striatolamnia? Tooth 24: Striatolamnia macrota Tooth 25: No sure either it has a weird root and no cusps, maybe Macrorhizodus praecursor? Tooth 26: Brachycarcharias lerichei Tooth 27: Sand Tiger, but which? Tooth 28: Odontaspis winkleri or Carcharias sp. or Hypotodus verticalis? Tooth 29: Brachycarcharias lerichei Tooth 30: Brachycarcharias lerichei Tooth 31: Brachycarcharias lerichei That were all of them, I hope I wasn't too far off with some. I look forward to reading your imput. Thank you in advance!
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