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...especially Europe - North America. I read very often here on the forum about the high costs of sending parcels from the US to Europe. I am very interested in the real price of that. In the different direction, the price for sending parcels, for example, from Austria to North America is: Up to 2 kg: Euro 25.29,- Up to 4 kg: Euro 37.64,- Up to 10 kg: Euro 71.64,- These are the prices of the federal postal service (www.post.at). At the moment, you have to multiply the Euro with about 1.13 to get the price in USD. Would someone like to tell us shipping costs from the US to Europe? Thank you! Franz Bernhard
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I went to the Zandmotor recently while visiting The Netherlands and wanted some clarity on some of my finds. I found a number of shells, two fish vertebrae, and two different mammalian bone fragments. This, however, is all I can make of any of them, and would appreciate more specific ID's if anyone out there knows. The shells should be middle Pleistocene (if they're not actually recent shells lol), and everything else (likely) late Pleistocene. Thank you! Fish Verts: Perhaps not fossil-- Baltic Macoma? Not sure about this either (whelk?), lovely shell either way: Mammal Chunk 1: Mammal Chunk 2: Mammal Chunk 1 again: More Shells (Oysters, a gastropod, and a cockle (I think)):
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It has been a few years since I posted an update on my woolly rhino composite skeleton. Due to regulation change, not a whole lot of bones are fished out of the North Sea these days. So I haven't gotten many new bones in recent years. But last week I got a whole bunch of extra bones so I got the rhino out of the many boxes I have it stored in for the most time and so it's time for another progress update. For those who've missed my previous posts. I have been collecting wooly rhino (coelodonta antiquitatis) bones for over a decade now ever since I got a few leg bones for my birthday. One thing spiraled into another and before I knew it I was trying to make a complete skeleton. Almost all the bones are from the North Sea where only isolated bones are ever found. So none of the bones have any context, which is why a composite skeleton is the only option. Of course this brings it's own problems, besides spending years trying to find all the correct bones, but also getting bones that actually match nicely. So some bones aren't an exact match but every once in a while I replace bones that don't match that good with better ones. And by now I have just over a hundred bones plus change for the extra bones I have doubles for. The skeleton is quite massive. Woolly rhinos were around the same size as modern African rhinos. Carrying over a hundred rhino bones up and down the stairs was also a good workout The only bone that isn't real is the skull, which is a replica cast. Only two bones come from different locations, one from a quarry in the Netherlands and the other from Hungary. All the other bones come from the North Sea. The neck is complete and I'm only missing one dorsal vertebra. I've got a partial sacrum with the front missing. I don't have any tail vertebrae. I've got a few ribs but not nearly enough and two large hip fragments. I've got all the big long bones except for the fibulae and one shoulder blade. By now I've got the hands fairly complete. I've got all the wrist bones, all the metacarpals. The phalanges however are harder to get and I don't have any unguals. On the hind legs I now also recently got the kneecaps as well as a few missing ankle bones. I'm only missing two ankle bones on both feet. I got all the metatarsals and the phalanges here are a similar story, I have the first phalanges, and one of the second. But again, no unguals. A beautiful humerus that now replaced a less complete dinky humerus. Left front hand of the rhino and my right foot for scale. And lastly there's this really nice nasal fragment where the horn would attach in life. It's just a small fragment, but the preservation is really quite nice. Some of the sutures can also be seen really nicely.
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Show some love to the elephant family. for example, I recently added these 2 lovely partly Mammoth Jaws to my personal collection! I'm in love with it and so happy!
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I found them in a gravel in Belgium
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I found them in a gravel in Kortenberg, Belgium.
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Greetings! I deal in decor (house/office), and have requests on mamonth tusks from clients in the USA, Canada and some European countries. My question is - is it generally legal to import pieces of mamonth tusk to the above mentioned countries? (not big once, small pieced which can fit on a desk/table). Will be very grateful for any information on this matter! Thank you, Mark.
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Can someone please help me identify these? I found them in a gravel in Belgium.
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Is this a fossil? It’s very small
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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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I was answering questions on Horse tooth identification in the Netherlands, and thought of something that I really did not know. I learned the conventional wisdom. Horses started in South America, migrated across a land bridge to North America, and eventually crossed the land bridge near what is today the Bering Strait, into the rest of the world. Horses went extinct in the Americas. In the 1500s, Spaniards reintroduced horses into the Americas. So, How far back in the fossil record do Horses go outside of the Americas? I have no idea, beyond thinking we had Equus in Florida 100000 years ago.
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Hello all, One of the many drawings/art works of me. Black pencil and edited with pc. This artwork comes perhaps in a book that will be published in July/August 2021. The Cretaceous sea (Kreidemeer) of Europe (late late Campanian and/or early Maastrichtian, 73-69/73-68 mya). Kind regards and happy fossil hunting! Ruben
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Belemnitella americana (Morton, 1830) and European belemnitellids
Fossilsforever posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hello all, I am a new member and really interested in belemnites (prehistoric 'squid'). In the United States of America, belemnites (Belemnitida) can be collected at specific locations. I know that around Delaware (Canal) and New Jersey (Big Brook area) the belemnitellid Belemnitella americana (Morton, 1830) occurs. I am interested if anyone has some photo's of that american belemnite species. The Navesink formation and other Cretaceous layers are around 70-66 million years old. Is this correct? I have read that New Jersey was under water during the late Cretaceous (shallow sea). How deep was the water that surrounded New Jersey? (Big Brook area)? In the Netherlands, belemnites can be collected in South-Limburg around Maastricht and Gulpen (late Campanien and Maastrichtien). The Netherlands were under water (whole), Limburg was covered by a (shallow) sea. The belemnites in Limburg are around 73-66 million years old (some Belemnitella and Belemnella specimens are around 68-69 million years old). Only with very specific methods is it possible to determine the exact age. I have added a picture of belemnites that I collected in Limburg. They are of late Campanian, earliest or early Maastrichtien age. The species are Belemnitella cf. minor II (Christensen, 1995) or Belemnitella junior (Nowak, 1913). Belemnella (Pachybelemnella) obtusa (Schulz, 1979) can also be found but they have a somewhat different form and based on the literature many belemnites belong to minor II or junior. Belemnitella cf. minor II (Christensen, 1995) are quite stout and can be big (around 9.5-9.6 cm for the example(s) in the image). I know that complex methods are available to determine belemnite species (Schatzky distance, etc.) but sometimes, it is possible to identify belemnites from 'the outside'. Does anyone know why only Belemnitella americana (Morton, 1830) occurs in the above mentioned locations? Why are there no representatives of Belemnella? I find it interesting because in Europe during the Cretaceous there were two genus that lived in the (shallow) Cretaceous sea: Belemnitella and Belemnella. Kind regards, Ruben
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Hello, I am looking to see if anyone can give their opinion on what this fossil is created from, I come across many fossils in areas i go looking for them but have not come across anything looking like this. It is approx 230mm in width from left to right in this picture and 200mm in height from top to bottom. Cant give photos from the back etc as it is on top of a large boulder. Hope it is something that jumps out for someone. Eoin.
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Hello. I have found 3 phalanx bones. Iv found them in river where i have already found bones of mammals like rhino or mammoth, in middle Europe. Thank You for any help in identifying Found in Central Poland.
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Found on sep. 26. 2020 in Split Croatia, on marl site, and I don't have idea what it could be? Appreciate your suggestions, Thanks
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Does anybody know what these are? Size and shape of coconuts embedded into rock on the coast, but hard like stone or petrified wood.
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Hi guys, my last find an then i’m out for the moment, did my research, but at the moment I see shapes in every rock.. Can you take a peak if this is of interest? I Do see small shell shaped forms, but i’m not sure what the 4 to 5 round, and smooth impression are, they are smooth as silk, and vinger top size ( on boths sides present, furthermore the lobster red shape, that looks a bit lime a shrimp to me. Some location: Doesburg Holland, most likely Pleistocene deposit layer, exposed due to sand mining. i’ll post some overview shots, follwed by some magnified ones. thxn and gr J
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Hi all, just got into fossils as a hobby, please see my introduction message i just posted. As a MD i have some knowledge on bone structure and shape, ofcourse not perfect with animals. I’ve several fossils found by my dad over the last 20y and myself last months. Literally in the backyard. (<< Town in Holland aka the Netherlands, Europe>>) Crucial in this is area is used for sand mining. This has resulted in a large lake, with depts up to 100meter (200+ft i believe. The water is fed by an old river, called ‘oude ijssel’. I will split this in batches, to keep things orderly. thank you so much A: Egg? Was one piece but dropped it. B: vertebrae of what? Looks like bone to me, the verbebrea part. With clear distinction to what i believe is soft tisseu with skin ( 1 side)
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A friend has an odd fossil that appears to be a fruit. It's from a Miocene coal deposit in Germany. The tag says Magnoliaspermum sp. There doesn't seem to be much about this genus on the web though I did find a reference to a species, M. geinitzii. Is it a form genus for fruits that may be associated with magnolias or is it an extinct genus related to magnolias or something else? I don't know a lot about fossil plants other than the general history and I don't have a reference for it. The formation is given as Braunkohle Lignite but "Braunkohle" is the German word for lignite so I think there's a misunderstanding on that one. Jess
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Hi guys, I have found an egg-like potential fossil, but I am totally amateur to the topic yet a very intuitive person, and as I was googling how to know if it really is a fossil or not I have stumbled upon this forum and thought to start a thread. Please help me find out if this is a fossil or just a pseudo one
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Almost a month ago, trying to fight the boredom, I started to sort all the things that inevitably gathered in my basement. In an old box full of things donated by my granparents I found what i think are 2 fragments of bone, I don't know if fossilized or not. I've already called them but they don't rebember exactly how and where they acquired the finds. The only thing they say is that it was a gift from a friend they've encountered during a trip in central / southern europe. I know in the past they visited (apart from other localities in France) Romania, Italy and Austria. Describing now the bone fragments, I don't really know if they're fossil or more recent finds. One seems to be part of a jaw bone (the first 3 photos) but cannot identify even the family / order of the animal. The second one is a real mystery; it has a strange pattern on one of the outer surfaces and at first i thought it was wood. I think both of them could be mammal bones, but maybe I'm wrong. Many thanks to all who could help me out.
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Hello, I am searching for geologic time dates for some formations. Most are named in the 1800's, so the names may make no sense. Europe Maybe France? carboniferous limestone of borlton, County of La Couronne Ireland, Lower Carboniferous Limestone, Ireland Calc carbonif Armagh? Formation and locality: Mountain Limestone, Armagh England, Ticknall Formation, Mississippian, Ticknall, South Derbyshire, England carboniferous limestone around Bristol Carboniferous Limestone: Oreton, Shropshire. United States Kansas, USA Plattsmouth limestone, Oread formation, Virgilian, upper Pennsylvanian, in a quarry in northwestern Franklin County, Kansas Indiana, USA Keokuk beds, Bono, Lawrence county, Ind. Clark and Harrison. counties Illinois, USA Subcarboniferous (Keokuk); Illinois, Iowa Chester limestone, Chester and Pope county, Illinois. Worthen used the name Chester limestone for the same beds which Hall called Kaskaskia, but included this Chester limestone with the underlying sandstone in what he called the "Chester Group." In the limestone above coal No. 8, Upper Coal Measures; near Springfield, Illinois. In the upper beds of the St. Louis limestone; Alton, Illinois. Pennsylvania, USA a stratum about one foot thick, black, carboniferous, and calcareous, head of inclined plane number 3 of the old portage railroad," which crossed the Alleghany Mountains from Hollidaysburg Ohio, USA coal measures of Cambridge, Ohio. Limestone near Cambridge Nebraska, USA Upper Coal Measures, Bennet's mill, near Nebraska City.
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Hello! I am an MPhil student studying plesiosaurs, I am really struggling to locate Cretaceous aged specimens. Since I am based in the UK, most of the museum collections contain Jurassic age fossils so you can image I have an abundance of these! I thought it would be best to ask on the fossil forum since people from all over the world use this. Does anyone know of any museums in Europe or the US that contain large marine reptile collections that might contain a lot of plesiosaurs?
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Rare Paratodus Benedini shark tooth for trade
DatFossilBoy posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Hey, I would like to trade my rare 3,5cm Pararodus Benedini shark tooth. I would want to trade it for a vertebrate fossils (teeth?) or trilobites? I would also prefer a trader from Europe because I live in Europe and the shipping is more expensive ( If a trader outside Europe is willing to pay a little shipping 10-20$ he can) Here are some pictures of the tooth (It is from Antwerp,Belgium) If you are intrrested,PM me. Much appreciate it, Thomas
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