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  1. Since we’ve had a pretty succesful fossiltrip in Southern Germany last year, visiting the Wutach area again for a few days seemed a more than logical choice since we would be passing Germany on our way back up from Italy to Holland for our summer holidays. Sadly a few days before we arrived it became apparant that the weather predictions were very bad. Allthough the first two days were mostly dry, these daily rain showers were just enough to make everything wet and muddy and thus very slippery which isn’t helpfull in these mountains….. Against all odds we still managed to find some nice fossils. Here’s an impression….. Mud everwhere.....
  2. Hello everyone. I'm a begginer with the fossils. I bought some fossils and I want to know if the pieces are genuine. Also I want to know more info about the species and place where we can find them. I hope you can help me, because I have 0 experience with the topic and I'm really interested to learn.
  3. Best of my ammonites 2.0 reloaded. I decided to redo “ best of my ammonite” thread because my old thread is a little outdated. I have given so many of my ammonites away to friends that it seamed strange been called my collection . Also I have found some new , older finds and gifted ammonites that I have never shown before so it should be entertaining. I hope you don’t mind seeing a few duplicates in the next weeks post. I will post 3 specimens now and a couple of more every week. My dyslexia is very time consuming so this thread will keep me busy to Christmas and beyond. Thanks for looking Bobby Promicroceras British Lower Lias, Lower Jurassic Ammonite Cluster "Marston Marble" from Marston Magna, Somerset, England. U.K. Pleuroceras salebrosum? Cleeve Hill Not a bad Ammonite from a rare location. Cleeve is the highest point both of the Cotswolds hill range and of the county of Gloucestershire. U.K. A cool piece A Gyrosteus fish bone and a small Dactylioceras from Sandsend Whitby U.K.
  4. Notidanodon

    Some ammonites :)

    Hi guys, I have two ammonites here which I can’t identify, I was wondering if anyone could help thanks 1. This ones from Burton bradstock, oolite, bajocian 2. These are from france, I don’t know the geological setting so a species ID is probably impossible, but if anyone knew a family I would still greatly appreciate it 3. this is toarcian, from Whitby, but it isn’t the typical dactylocerous commune, the ribbing is more fineand its thicker, I know it isn’t one but it looks almost like a nodioloceras, what do you think ?
  5. Cody87

    What do I have?

    Just trying to see what I have and how much they are worth
  6. Howdy! A few ammonites that are eluding me as to ID. Anyone with more knowledge of them, I would appreciate some confirmation or negation of my attempts! @erose @JohnJ @Uncle Siphuncle From Waco Pit Del Rio Formation. Thanks!! Possibly Tetragonites brazoensis? Or Adkinsia ? Second one Mantelliceras wacoense? Or maybe Paracycloceras? Not a great pic, but a little bit of a close up on the suture of this one:
  7. I am, admittedly, not much of a creek hunter. I prefer a road cut any day to slogging around in knee deep water and mud to find the fossils. But sometimes you gotta get out of your comfort zone! And it was WELL WORTH IT!!! My friend was kind enough to share one of his local spots - we've had some good rains in Texas recently and he thought it might be producing some more heteromorph ammonites. He has collected some amazing big and well preserved Mariellas there and I have been DYING to find a good one. All that I have found in my local creeks have been so water worn as to be practically unrecognizable. So dodging some local rainstorms I pulled on my water boots and slogged my way upstream with him and his bounding doggo- I swear there is nothing much more joyful than a dog who loves water....in the water. It took me a while to start seeing the ammonites. It is always fascinating to me how you have to learn to "see" the fossil. What I would pass by, he would point out....you missed one there! I finally started to see them and found a couple of very nice ones. I was hoping to find a full three whorls together, but only found two whorls. There were fragment all over the place, but finding intact ones is much more difficult. I was super thrilled to come back with two very nice specimens and for one of them, I found a whorl fragment that matches it PRETTY well, so I just pretend I found a three whorl Mariella. My "three" whorl: 7 inches Another big one, not as well preserved, but with no "added" whorl. hahahha 7 inches Another nice fragment. 4 inches AND, I was lucky to have found a Hemiaster calvini echinoid too! He said it's only the second echinoid he's seen from this location. It's pretty water worn but has some interesting color and detail. 1 3/4 inch Also this lovely oyster Lopha. It has both valves which is always a plus: 4 inches We found a couple of crumbly nautiloids that didn't survive the extraction, so I was kind of disappointed, but then.....as we were leaving, I look down and see the edge of this guy sticking out of the bank. I called out "hey, come look!" and my friend was amazed that he had JUST walked right past it!!! We dug it out and I got to carry a nice big nautilus the rest of the way up the creek! And believe me, two big mariellas, an assortment of other fossils and a big nautiloid are quite a load when you have to scramble up a creek bank. Fortunately, I did have a little help. So a great day in the creek, even though I did get startled by a gar, I am a little more comfortable going creek hunting! Oh, and the sky was beautiful too. A lovely day in Central Texas.
  8. Went back to my little gold mine today and was again amazed by the variety of things found. Previously I thought I was in Eagle Ford, but it is in Woodbine, with ravine that cuts down to Grayson as was explained to me in first post from this local. Everything was dried out except bottom of ravine, from the looks of things I think a natural spring is involved. So found some more Mariella ammonites, one with part of a scallop maybe?, and a Hemiaster, another Texigryphaea with some shell, I believe a little bacculite, an Echnodus tooth?, unknown clams, a Trigonia, and crawling on hands and knees on top sandy area found these tiny Echinoids which are so small having a hard time making ID, can't believe they even made it home intact.
  9. From the album: Cretaceous

    Placenticeras placenta Ammonite Chamber Fragment (2 and 3/4 inches) Upper Cretaceous Merchantville Formation Matawan Group Matawan, N.J.
  10. I hadn't visited one of my favorite Callovian sites in the Wutach Valley since last November, so since the temps have been moving up and above 30°C. over the last few days, I figured that the muddy slopes there were probably dry enough by now for me to have a go at it again. No worries about sunstroke either, since the site is in the shady woods. I spent about 5 hours at the exposure and managed to come up with a few good finds. Here are some photos of the extrication procedure. It's pretty slow going here, since marly overburden first needs to be removed and the fossiliferous iron-rich sandstone horizon is quite hard and compact, but it usually splits as wished if you work at it properly. And you are almost alway guaranteed a few good finds. Here's what I ended up with by the end of the dig. I'll post more later once I get down to prepping.
  11. I've driven by this field for years with a big ravine in the distance and decided to check it out since it wasn't fenced or posted and glad I did. The ravine was a good 30-40 yards long, probably 10ft+ at deep end and around 5ft wide, as I got closer the dirt changed to grey clay mud with little vegetation, the surface was sandy and rocky. First thing I saw was the large Echinoid, then peices of what I thought were ammonites until I found a more intact one, then I thought Turritella but didn't quite fit. Had a heck of a time trying to ID them and finally ran across Turrilites, I think that's what they are. I went in shallow end of ravine to grab a few things and ended up with 10lbs of mud stuck to my feet so anything else was retrieved by reaching over edge of ravine. Couldn't tell what half of it was until I got home and washed them off. So here goes my ID efforts, Hemiaster echinoids, a Texigryphaea, the group with clam, and possibly a Trigonia, and what looks like deformed echinoid ? Not sure about the last 2 tiny ones, some kind of bivalves? This is the most fossils I've found in one spot and I'm unfamiliar with some so appreciate any help!
  12. Lone Hunter

    Several fossils with original shell

    This little rock is from Eagle Ford, since it was cracked I broke it open to be surprised by all the fossils in it and that I saw shiny things with color. Definitely not what I'm used to seeing! I assuming most of these have original shell, there are gastropods that are different colors, and also bivalves with different color, different sub order? Several heteromorph ammonites I think, and some kind of worm. Curious what the shiny multicolored area is, a couple unknowns, dendrite I think, and last one I'm not sure about, scaphite maybe? Appreciate any help!
  13. We go in Hautes Alpes with a friends find some callovien ammonites in may with the rain,it was a nice day
  14. From the album: Cretaceous

    Heteromorphic Ammonite Whorl (1 1/2 inches long) Probably either Nostoceras or Didymoceras Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Big Brook Marlboro, N.J.
  15. We went camping last weekend out at Delintment Lake in eastern Oregon. We went to check out the ammonite fossils. It was a great place! Kids loved it. Here are some of our finds. Interesting area because you could dig in one area and it was really loose compacted clay and in another area less than a mile away it was hard slate type material that really needed some work to get it to split. Naturally the slate material had the more robust ammonites.
  16. Hi all, I picked up a lot of partial ammonites and ammonite imprints on my latest fossil hunting trip. I was wondering if anyone may have an idea as to which types of ammonites I've come across. They come from the Paja formation in Colombia which is part of the Cretaceous. Thanks in advance
  17. Hi all, some of you may remember a while back I took a trip to Villa de Leyva to see the Kronosaurus and have a little go at finding some fossils myself. The town is renowned for its ammonites and other fossils, and you can find them in the streets and walls all over. I've included some pictures of these 'load bearing' ammonites here and the main square. The first time around I was close, finding a tiny imprint of an ammonite in a round nodule. This got me excited but I was ultimately left disappointed. This second trip was a total departure and more successful than I could have hoped for. After four hours of searching in the blazing sun, I finally found the spot i'd been looking for. More details below.
  18. Man was it hot today! Would you believe it? 30°C on the 9th of May! I did a lot of sweating, but even though it was somewhat exhausting after 7 hours of digging, I did have some fun too. I cleaned out this area during the first few hours. And came up with at least a few things. I then decided to move to another spot. And promptly found the best one to this point. The fossiliferous area in the hypselocylum zone which I am working consists of two ca. 20cm. thick concretionary limestone beds separated by about 20cm. of friable soft marl. The fossils in the marl, which are numerous, are mostly flatly pressed and usually fall to bits. The ones in the limestone beds are strongly cemented in and there is a lot of ammonite brekzie and an awful lot of sponge material within. So I spend a lot of time whacking away at them once they are extricated, which necessitates a lot of energy, since they are extremely hard. They don't always come out complete, so there's some glueing to be done at home, but every once in a while I get a lucky split as above. The up side of this is that the fossils from the concretions are very well preserved, once you manage to get them out intact. Here's my booty at the end of the day. Tomorrow I should be getting down to some preparation.
  19. PesiMs

    Fossil Creek, Texas

    Finds from Buffalo Creek park on Fossil Creek in Texas. This is a very busy park and there are sometimes questionable people around. I did however meet a nice guy, looked like Gandolf, minus some teeth, who gave me my only unsquished sea urchin. How can you keep the top layers of the sea urchins from chipping off? First photo are ammonites and some pieces of ammonites. Second photo are my sea urchins, with one tiny bivalve and also some devil toenails, gryphea in a clump. Third photo gryphea. Fourth photo sea urchin. Fifth photo I don't know yet what it is, but it's pretty cool.
  20. From the album: Cretaceous

    Baculites texanus Partial Juvenile Baculite (6/10 inch long) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J.
  21. Texas Springtime is my favorite - we haven't had much rain, but the weather is....typical Texas. 60 one day and 90 the next. But I find my tolerance for random temperatures is way better when I am out fossil hunting! So here are some finds from recent excursions. Plus a few shots along the way..... Some local Longhorns. As I head out of my neighborhood, these critters are sometimes out enjoying the Texas sunshine The fossiling started with a nice trip out with Erich Rose to a Glen Rose spot - first thing I spot is something i've never found in our Central Texas formations....a vertebra! So exciting!! Turns out it's a large fish -Ichthyodectes. Size 3/4 inch Also found a lovely big gastropod that Erich ID'd as a Caliopea - I was happy to find a new gastro! Size 3 inches Plus something really special - Erich have me a starfish ossicle he found. ( I guess he already had enough to make a starfish? I'm really going to need some more) Size 1/8 inch A week or so later, I hit up a few local Walnut Formation areas, hoping to find a Dumblea echinoid. It is eluding me. No luck, but I did find a REALLY nice Engonoceras stollyi just sitting at the bottom of an embankment.. waiting for me to find it! Mother Natures Gift.... All cleaned up: Also found this really beautifully preserved Bivalve Inoperna concentricecostellata Size 2.5 inches At another Walnut spot I had some good luck finding Leptosalenia mexicanas Biggest one is 3/8 inch Back at home, the Redbud was blooming: and the butterflies were landing in the purple verbena Next excursion was out to my favorite Glen Rose location where I picked up some matrix to look at under the microscope. I took my mom with me and she had a good time finding little crab claws and tiny crinoids. I found a variety of Crinoid Isocrinus anulatus - I am always surprised at the variety of shapes and designs! Size 1/8 - 1/4 inch Plus some really nice tiny tiny crab claws Went to another Glen Rose spot and found this big ole Jackrabbit wondering why I was crawling around on the ground: To find the Fossils, silly rabbit! Heteraster texanus size 1 inch Gastropod Nerita bonnellensis Size 1/2 inch Loriolia rosana Size 1/2 inch Another day was back out to another couple of Walnut Formation locations Found a nice, if not complete, Protoengonoceras gabbi Size 2 inches (And a special thanks to @erose for the egonocerid paper so I can properly ID these ammos! Turned out a couple I had just labeled as Engonoceras, were actually Metagonoceras and a Platiknemiceras! Also found this cool, unknown Gastropod (possibly a Natica, but none I could discern that fit the species) Size 3/4 inch And a really nice (both sides preserved) Bivalve Ludbrookia arivichensis Size 1 inch The family took a trip to Enchanted Rock State Park - no fossils here!! Solid Pink Granite batholith. See those tiny people at the top? The rock is huge! And yes, I made it up to the top, but I certainly found out how out of shape this Pandemic has made me!! To prove I made it: Yesterdays hunt was back out to the Glen Rose, to a spot I had found a couple of interesting echinoids (before I really knew what I was looking for!) so I went back to see if I could find anything else...but literally ALL I found were more of these Plagiochasma echinoids! And a clam. So I don't know if it was a little nest, or what, but 7 in total, none in great condition, but they are really beautiful (and rare) echinoids. Plagiochasma texanum Size 1/2 inch And finally, another unknown Gastropod Size 1/2 inch I Hope all of y'all are enjoying spring (if it has sprung in your area) or are at least looking forward to it!
  22. Daniel Fischer

    Some fossils I found in north Israel

    Hello, here are some fossils I found in northern Israel in the oren river. I found a lot of rocks that where filled with fossils and mainly ammonites. If anyone knows the species of these fossils I would be happy to know that. I know that there are a lot of real fossil experts in this forum so I figured maybe these fossils will be helpful to someone (maybe it's an unknown species or a species that was not found in this area). I added a covid mask for general size reference and I would be happy to hear anything you have to say about these fossils.
  23. Hi everyone, now that it is a prohibitive time for fossil hunting (at least where I am!) I though it was a good opportunity for a little throwback. This summer I travelled to southern France and I had the chance to visit museums, paleontological heritage sites and, of course, collect fossils. Towards the end of August I met with a friend and we headed to an area that was quite popular among professionals and amateur collectors alike, but we didn't know any exact location. We stopped at a place that looked promising and we asked the owner of the land permission to survey and, potentially, collect. And we were very lucky indeed! Note that I cannot pinpoint the spot to you, because the owner asked not to disclose it. Here's a picture of the outcrop at the end of the day. It was a 1.5 m (5 ft) thick bed of grey marls with limestone interbeds, Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) in age. As I am chiefly interested in the scientific aspect of collecting, I managed to record bed-by-bed stratigraphy and fossil occurences. I drew a few sketches and a log, so that no info will be lost. We found a lot of material. Large inoceramid bivalves (not pictured) were very abundant. Ammonites were relatively common, but very fragile and most of the time fragmented. We did find however a few complete ones. Here's the first find of the day. This large boulder was detached and, in hitting it with the hammer, this ammonite popped out undamaged: This was the largest specimen, before and after collecting: Another very delicate specimen, it may need a bit of prepping: And, finally, one of the most interesting find, a heteromorph ammonite, still to prep: In conclusion, I hope you enjoyed my post and my finds. Let me know if you have any ID suggestion, they'd be much appreciated. Cheers, Fabio
  24. Lone Hunter

    Help ID Cretaceous ammonites

    Found all these in the same place, north Irving ( Dallas County) in eroding drainage canal, lots of shale and concretions and neat little rocks you crack open with surprise inside. Is the small one Metoicoceras? Hard for me to differentiate that and Calycoceras, which the bigger one looks like to me but they wouldn't be in the same place, correct? And the little guy a Heteromorph maybe? I seem to find a lot of those. My favorite part of these is the suture mark patterns.
  25. Hello, I would like to propose a trade with these ammonites. Preferably ammonites from outside Europe. 1. Double, Androgynoceras maculatum, Pliensbachian, Schandelah, Germany 2. Multi, Arnioceras semicostatum, Sinemurian, Holderness, UK 3. Multi, Hecticoceras and Choffatia, Callovian, St Laon, France 4. Multi, Parkinsonia cf. subarietis, Bajocian, Sengenthal Germany 5. Pseudolioceras lythense, Toarcian, Saltwick Bay, UK 6. Stephanoceras humphriesianum, Bajocian, Caen, building of the Route de periferie, France 7 and 8 Lucky split, Dactylioceras commune, Toarcian, Port Mulgrave, Yorkshire, UK Greetings Walter
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