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From the album: My collection in progress
Cyrtospirifer verneuilli Murchinson 1840 Location: Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, Wallonia, Belgium Age: 382 - 372 Mya (Frasnian, Upper Devonian) Measurements: 6,6x3,5 cm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Subphylum: Rhynconelliformea Class: Rhynconellata Order: Spiriferida Family: Cyrtospiriferidae -
Hello to everybody! I'm kinda new here, but before I start I must say I really love this forum! It has really great vibes and you instantly can tell that this is a good and friendly community! So, I am ziggycardon, I live in Belgium, close to the border of the Netherlands and when we start speaking geologically, I live on the same cretaceous sediments as where the first major Mosasaurus discoveries where done! Unfortunatly I have never been on a fossil hunt myself and everything currently in my collection was bought or given to me. But I hope to change that soon, as I am dyi
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Fossil hunting trip to Hotton (Devonian of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi everyone! Last saturday we went on a fossil hunting trip with the BVP to Hotton in the Belgian Ardennes. https://www.paleontica.org/locations/fossil/667 There were 2 different locations planned for the day, the first was the "Carrière de Marenne" quarry in Hotton were we spent most of the day. It was my first time at this location, so I didn't have very high expectations but we were very pleasantly surprised by the quality and quantity of the finds which made for a very productive and succesfull trip! Unfortunately like so often I forgot to make pictures inside th -
Hi, I found this coral fossil in the middle Devonian of Belgium around Tellin. It kinda looks like a Hexagonaria but I'm not sure. It's around 6 centimeters wide.
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Megalodon from Europe, the Netherlands/Belgium
Fossilsforever posted a topic in Member Fossil Trades Bulletin Board
Hi all, I am looking for Megalodon partial teeth and/or fragments from the Netherlands and/or Belgium. Trade is possible. Kind regards, Ruben -
It has been a while since I’ve posted some goniatites. The expansion of the quarry where I look for them is nearing to the end, and most of the good layers are gone. but sometimes we still find some neat specimens. this one was found a month ago. I used potassium hydroxide for the prepp of this one. The chemical reaction worked realy well on this specimen. Manticoceras sp. Late Devonian, Frasnian Belgium.
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Hi everyone, I have found a weird looking ring-shaped structure in middle Devonian to Late Devonian rocks. It is hard to describe it, but it looks a bit like a intersection of a tree (of course that isn't possible because threes weren't around in the devonian). It is 10 by 7 cm. It was found near Han-Sur-Lesse, Belgium.
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Recently I went to an abandoned quarry in Resteigne, Belgium. I've found some brachiopod fossils and corals. Sorry for the bad picture quality. Thanks to @Manticocerasman for suggesting the location. some brachiopods corals and other stuff
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Hi, found this tooth in Kallo - Belgium, near the Schelde river. I have never seen a tooth like this before - someone suggested it may be a fragment from a horse tooth? Any other ideas? Thank you, Jelle
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Hi everyone, I recently went fossil hunting for the first time near Izier in the Belgian Ardennes. I've found these 3 fossils (I think they are vertebrae) in a small river. When put together they are 40 cm long, about 10-15cm high and 10 cm wide. What animal do you think they are from?
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We recently moved to a new house, so It has been quite a busy few weeks since we last made a field trip. So I hadn’t much time to post the recent finds. On our last fieldtrip to the Belgian Late Devonian I made an exceptional find that I still wanted to share: I found a large piece of bone sticking out of a nodule. After the preparation and a some research I ‘suspected that the piece was a ADL (anterior dorsal lateral) armor plate from a Dunkleosteus. I’ve sent the pictures to a friend Palaeontologist specialised in Palaeozoic fish who confirmed the ID. Dunkleosteus
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Temporary exhibition about the geology of the Lompret Quarry "Marble Museum" Rance - Belgium
Manticocerasman posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum
I am sharing this poster on the temporary free acces exhibition about the fossils and minerals found in the Lompret quarry in Belgium. A large variety of Frasnian fossils are displayed ( Placoderms, Cephalopods, Trilobites, crinoids, brachiopods,…) most of them from private collections. https://www.museedumarbre.com/en/magma-3/ -
Fossil hunting trip to Kruibeke (Miocene of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi everyone, A few months back I went on a fossil hunt with the BVP to a clay quarry with some miocene sands in Kruibeke (Antwerp, Belgium) in search for shark teeth. Some great finds were done that day by other members, like a big Megalodon tooth, some large Hastalis & Galeocerdo teeth, a couple of Somniosus microcephalus teeth, an Edaphodon antwerpiensis palate and a Neolithic tool to name a few of the best... Unfortunately we weren't that lucky as we found only a few smaller teeth, but I was happy with the finds nonetheless First up some on situ pho- 9 replies
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ID requested: Eocene Bivalves & Gastropods (Tielt formation, Egem, Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil ID
A few months back I recieved a bucket full of material from the (now closed) Tielt Formation, Egem, Belgium (Eocene, Ypresian, 53 mya) The material should be rich in shark teeth (I am waiting for the spring weather to go through it all) but there were some very nice Gastropods and Bivalves in the mix as well. Unfortunately Bivalves and Gastropods are far from my speciality, especially Cenozoïc ones... So I was hoping someone here might have some more experience with these critters here to might ID them. 1: Some Bivalves 2) A block with some bivalves,-
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Hi all, A friend of mine found 3 of mammal bones on the beach washed ashore after the storm from last weeks - but I'm not too good in these. Might anyone help me out to ID this - if ever possible? Big thanks!
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Birthday Fossil Hunting trip to Ardennes (Devonian of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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 mi- 6 replies
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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 eno
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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 quarr- 13 replies
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Fossil hunting trip to Lompret (Devonian of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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 quar- 11 replies
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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
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SPIRIFER AEDUENNENSIS and other brachiopods DEVONIAN EMSIEN BRAS BELGIUM
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From the album: Brachiopodes, Shells, corals, sponges......
SPIRIFER AEDUENNENSIS and other brachiopods DEVONIAN EMSIEN BRAS BELGIUM -
From the album: Terril Saint Antoine (Dour, Belgium)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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From the album: Terril Saint Antoine (Dour, Belgium)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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From the album: Terril Saint Antoine (Dour, Belgium)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
