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Hi folks, Let me introduce myself. My name is anita and I'm from the Netherlands. Two weeks ago I went for a walk with my little son (he is facinated by fossils) at the ENCI-quarry in Maastricht, Netherlands. He has found a total of two "wierd" stones or fossils and we would like to know what they are. Fossil number 1) This stone had a wierd shape. We thought there might be a fossil in here. When I smashed it open at home there was a petrified ball in this stone? We found this stone along a marl/limestone quarry. Fossil number 2) It looks li
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Hi, I would like to share some finds of the latest trip to the ENCI in Maastricht, the Netherlands. It has been some time since I shared a trip report. I always forget to take pictures of the in-situ finds. This time was not an exception. The finds are nice enough to share though. First a friend of mine and I went for a layer, we know contains small sea-urchins like Oolopygus pyriformis and Hemiaster prunella. I mostly found Oolopygus but also one Hemiaster I think. Most still need a good cleaning though. I also found Belemnites and some
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How to properly dissolve matrix to reveal microfossils? Tips & tricks needed
ziggycardon posted a topic in Micro-paleontology
Hi, a few days ago I went on my first ever fossil hunting trip to Eben-Emael, a Limestone quarry in Belgium that dates to the Maastrichtian and is part from the type location (the historical ENCI quarry being only a 3,5 km to the north. The trip was orginized by the BVP (Belgische Vereniging voor Paleontologie) and a short report of the trip with phot's and some of the finds can be found in this topic by @Manticocerasman who I was lucky enough to tag along with, cause I doubt I would have found many mention worthy fossils without the guidance of Kevin. But since I am- 4 replies
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I need some tips & advice on tools for first fossil hunt in Eben Emael (Maastrichtian of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Collecting Gear
Hi everyone! After the recommendations of @Manticocerasman, @gigantoraptor & @Joeri_R I joined the BVP (Belgian Association for Paleontology). Today I got my confirmation mail of the membership. I have long been wanting to go out on fossil hunts especially in my own region which consist of cretaceous limestone from the Maastrichtian. Luckily for me the next fossil excursion planned by the BVP is a trip to the Romontbos quarry in Eben-Emael which is only a 20 - 25 minute drive for me. So I did sign up for said excursion but since it's my first ev- 22 replies
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Natural History Museum Maastricht: Exhibition "Whale: Locality Maastricht"
ziggycardon posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum
Hi! I made a small visit to the Natural History Museum in Maastricht today to visit the new small exhibition named "Whale: Locality Maastricht" which centers around some Eocene whale bones from an undescribed whale found in the ENCI quarry in Maastricht. The exhibition explores further into the evolution of whales, it's a small exhibition but worth a visit if you haven't seen the museum or if you are really interested in whale evolution. Should any of our Dutch, Belgian & German members decide to visit (or international members who are in the area), then you sho- 9 replies
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Hey all, I'd like to share om the finds of this year excursions to the quarry's 't Rooth and the ENCI. These are all late cretaceous, Maastrichtian finds. At one of the ENCI excursions i found a little jaw in the first stone i turned aside. It is probably a lower jaw of a sea turtle though this isn't confirmed yet. Suggestions to what it might be are of course welcome
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Hey all, I collected a lot of micro shark and ray teeth over the years in the ENCI and i still have a few that i couldn't identify. Hopefully some can be put to a name. Thx in advance. Regards, Arno
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Hello all, The new season has started in april already but i didn't have the time to share my finds with you all yet. Last saturday we went for the third trip to the ENCI quarry. This was a productive trip with a lot of nice finds mostly shark teeth though but also a nice mosasaur tooth, a partial enchodus jaw and some sea urchins. Which i will share in a few posts. The first trip was also quite productive though in sea urchins. Especially the Rhynchopygus marmini was nice to find as these are quite rare. The second trip was not as productive as the first and third trip but a nice mosasau
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Hello all, I´ve found this tooth a year ago but i didn´t have the time to properly ID it. It was found in the ENCI quarry and is late cretaceous. I´ve so far ID it as a reptile tooth but i don´t think it is a mosasaur tooth atleast not one i´m familiar with. Any suggestions are welcome regards, Arno
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Hey, I'd like to share some pics of the wonderful finds me and my dad did at the ENCI quarry 9th of august. It is a quarry of the late cretaceous time period (Maastrichtian) and we search there in a layer called the horizont of Lichtenberg. Normally you've got to work pretty hard for some nice finds but that day it was nicely digged free by the people who work there. A nice bonus! After a few small finds i stumbled on a piece of bone that at first looked small but after a closer look was about 8cm (3 inches) long. I got it out and got it in the box near by gear and searched further for some n
