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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.
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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
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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!
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Fossil hunting trip to Lompret (Devonian of Belgium)
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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
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SPIRIFER AEDUENNENSIS and other brachiopods DEVONIAN EMSIEN BRAS BELGIUM
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From the album: Brachiopodes, Shells, corals, sponges......
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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From the album: Borinage coal-mining district (Hainaut, Belgium)
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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?
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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:
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Fossil hunting trip to Tontelange (Jurassic of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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..jpg.206a4ed24511045cdbefbcd8739cdfb7.jpg)
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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:
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ID requested: Eocene shark teeth from Tielt Formation, Egem (Belgium)
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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.jpg.f1c0e1a5b89d0291cd6ee26c6360533e.jpg)
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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 )
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I found them in a gravel in Kortenberg, Belgium.
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Hi everyone, greetings from Belgium! A little introduction, or 'about me'... I live in Destelbergen, that is a village close to Ghent. Not many fossils to find here, although there is a quarry in Balegem (not far) with lots of little gems (shark tooth...) from the Paleogenic. Pity to say it is closed for a while and dumped with garbage (shame!). I was too late to be able to search it. Just across the border in the Netherlands there is the 'Meester van der Heijden' quarry in Nieuw Namen, dating Pliocene/Pleistocene, wich is quite interesting. It shows remains of the oldest beach in the Netherlands. My wife's last name is 'van der Heijden' and her ancestors are from that area so in a way we might be connected to the place Being a drawing artist I started out collecting fossils (and artworks, books, etc...) for inspiration, but it grew on me. After collecting shark teeth I discovered vertebrae being reasonably affordable and it's such a thrilling hobby for me now. So if you like fine art, feel free to check my website and send me your thoughts. Cheers and thanx for anyone helping me out identifying! Jerry
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