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  1. Hello to everyone! I'm a chemical engineering student in Greece who has paleontology and geology as a hobby. I see a lot of people abroad finding fossils and studying actual samples and I am looking for a way to start on my own someday. What is the best way to start? What are key fossil sites in the Balkans? Are there cases where it is ethical to take fossils for personal interest? In Greece where I live (specifically Athens) there are Penteli and Pikermi with known fossil sites. Additionally, fossils have been found in several islands of the Aegean Pelagos. I have zero knowledge of fossil sites in other countries. As far as ethics are concerned, I believe someone acquiring a fossil should communicate with a university that can collect data and improve its knowledge. A person on their own cannot easily conduct research, not only because of the tools and machines that might be needed but also because they don't have complete knowledge of the fossil record. Also, keeping a fossil for decoration should be done, in my opinion, if the fossil isn't needed to improve the fossil record or if the collector can keep the fossil after research goals have been achieved. I don't want to expand a lot on the subject. I'd love to hear other opinions on the subject and learn about finding fossils.
  2. VINGOP

    Hello from Greece

    Hello, I am VINGOP, an amateur fossil collector (my hobby) and a teenager. On this website, I would like to help other people identify their fossils and get some help for organizing my collection. Also, I am learning to play the piano, one of my favorite hobbies.
  3. Recently, I found some mammal fossils right next to a river. The bones were buried in clay but the water had removed some sediment so they were visible although they were broken in tens of pieces. Later, I cleaned the soft clay from the bones and placed the small pieces together using normal glue because I have found out that its results are nearly as good as fossil glue or at least it doesn't have visible differences. Although the bones are almost complete, there is still a lot hardened red clay that doesn't go away with water or brushes. What should I use to clean the fossils completely without damaging them? (with household items if it's possible) Here's a photo of my 2 favourite ones.
  4. Recently, I found many fossilized bones, including a lower jaw, buried in clay next to a riverbank in Greece. I surfed the internet to get more information about that place and discovered it was very close to another site on the same river where Miocene bones were found (about 50 species, mainly mammals). I cleaned the jaw bone and then noticed that the teeth were missing, and I couldn't identify whether it was a carnivore or a herbivore. I would appreciate it if anyone could recognize any characteristics and maybe find what animal it belonged to. (In the known locality there were found rhinoceros, apes, turtles, hyenas, gazelles, lions, saber-toothed cats, other felines, various species of giraffes, bovines, bears, deer, horses, boars, primitive elephants and chalicotheres)
  5. Kostiantyn

    Fossils from Greece

    Hi everyone, Together with my daughter we have found a kind of fossils in Halkidiki, Northen Greece. It was found after the storm in the lowest layer of 10 meters beach mountain consisting from clay. What we already dug up It seems to be a two bones and part of scull. Any ideas what it could be? Kostiantyn
  6. chris_p

    Help in identifying fossils

    Hello, I found some rocks on my trip but I'm not sure if they contain any fossils. Although I'm almost certain I've found some fossilised wood. I'm in Greece btw
  7. Hello everyone! First of all, I would like to publicly thank my friend Panayiotis for the amazing research he has done in order to locate the localities of this outcrop. Fast forward to the topic, the outcrop is a small section on a hill West of the main port of the island of Chios and represents one of the oldest Triassic ammonites of the Tethis sea. Similar outcrops are observed in Albania and in Turkey. According to C. Reinz, Marmarotrapeza formation*1, ranges between Lower Triassic (Olenkian) and Lowest part of the Middle Triassic (Early Anisian). The most important locality of the formation, is this small protrusion of Triassic rocks. If I understood well, the part closest to the north is Olenkian, and with direction to the south, the outcrop reaches up to lowest part of Anisian. There are more outcrops *2 of this formation in the island, one of which is described to be richer in cephalopods Since this place was a quarry for such a long time, a large amount of ammonites can be found on paved streets and on some mansion walls. The extraction from the formation is almost impossible, unless you use power tools. I personally took advantage of the debris caused by the quarring process. Here you can see some coring and stratigraphy This is probably ammonite sampling, correct me if I am wrong. (samples 89-169 layer?) The most common finds in situ were weathered cross sections. I collected a couple with the intention to polish them, hoping at least to define up to Genus. The greatest enemies of these fossils, are the weather and some goats that roam around. Their replacement is mostly calcite, so they are easily falling apart. I found some decent samples as well. The split euro coin has diameter of 1" This is the first block I started working, some orthoconic nautiloids, maybe Atractites sp. I cannot define the ammonite since no suture line is preserved and its size is quite small. Maybe a picture under a loop would help, but I still do not have one Here is whatever is left of a Leiophyllites sp Here is a decent find, which I believe it is Albanites sp. My woman tried to draw the suture line and according to the publications, the closest match was an Albanites sp. My visit was met with some criticism by the locals and there were publications in social media pages that were probably used as a pre election campaign, Bread and circuses aka panem et circenses. They even left the possibility that the collection is done with a financial benefit. Ridiculous... Or at least this is my very personal opinion of how I undestood their post... Nevertheless, two months before the elections, they have made some attempts to include this NOT PROTECTED and FREE TO COLLECT area as an UNESCO geosite. Lets see if they will remember it after the elections. The human memory is short. On the other side, I believe I rescued some ammonites that were either way left to decay from the mechanical corrosion of the weather elements. I have collected around 40 samples, most of them are average to poor quality, howerver, there are around 4-5 multiblocks with quite dense mortality. If I manage to prep them properly, I will update this topic with some nice speciments. The two problems I have to overcome are the hardness of this limestone and the tendency to be too sticky close to the fossil. I know that these are not top quality examples, yet there are some triassic nerds out there (like me of course) that crave to see such goodies. *1: Marmarotrapeza means Marmaro (Marble) + trapeza (Bank) and was a major source of marble for the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines). I think that this name was given to the formation by Ktenas and Renz, due to this historical fact, but might be wrong. *2: I managed to locate another outcrop that is lost in time, however I did not have time to explore it. Due to that fact, there is high chance to visit again the island, this time as a group.
  8. UpsidedownPiranha

    Fossilised oyster?

    Location: Greece, Crete, Chania coast (NW Crete) Context: beach, in sand Date found: July 2023 Size: 11,5 cm * 8 cm * 3,5 cm Hi! We have found what we think is a fossilised oyster and we want help either confirming or rejecting this. What do you think? is it an oyster? Is it a fossil? How old? What else do you know or think? //Piranhas
  9. Yvonnevon

    Crete

    Hello everyone , Could any of you fabulous fossil hunters tell me where I can best find fossils on Crete? Thank you, Yvonne
  10. Davoros

    A fish like imprint in a rock

    Hello everyone! I found recently a rock with a fish like imprint on the shore of Corfu Island, Greece. Any help regarding identification is appreciated!
  11. VStergios

    Turritella or ammonite?

    Found in ammonitico rosso of the Ionian zone (Mavron Oros, NW Epirus, Greece) amongst ammonite fossils (Calliphylloceras, Harpoceras, Hildoceras, Phylloceras etc). Close to 7 cm in length and mostly crushed on the other side. Is this a turritella or could the shape and rings belong to a cephalopod? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
  12. NPCP

    Beginner help!

    Hello - my son cracked open this rock while we were on holiday and is wondering if he has found a fossil. Would love to know yes or no! It was on a beach on the north coast of Crete.
  13. A speciment recently found in Argolis region of Greece . Upper Anisian - Carnian acording to the scripts but most probably Carnian (lowermost Upper Triassic)
  14. Unsure of what I have found. Hoping for some help.
  15. Hello Guys.I live in Greece I really really want to hunt for fossils and shark teeth,but the problem is there arent any knowns spots.Have you found any teethin Greece?If So Where?And anyone that knows any spots in greece please tell me
  16. Hello! Could you please help me id it please? I found it yesterday in the Preveza area in Greece, brought by some strong waves on the shore (Mediterranean/Ionian Sea). Thank you!
  17. I don't remember where i found it but i guess it's from the only place i have ever find fossils (rudist fragments and echinoids). These come from Phthiotis, Greece. I know nothing about fossils so i need your help. This rock has a intense smell just like the other fossils i mentioned. However i don't know if this means that this is a fossil too or that it's just the way the rocks smell at the place where i found it. Could it be also a rudist? The only reason i'm not sure is that the rudist fragments i have found has this wavy shape at their top just like this rudist image As you can see the inside is a bit red so i'm also thinking that this could just be an old iron pipe but it also looks like a "normal" rock.
  18. Hello everyone! Been almost 2 years since I last visited that site and left in situ a nice multiblock. I was thinking again and again @taj reply and tried to correct that mistake. However, every year the site seems to be less accessible and there are rumors that it's forbidden to search there for fossils due to the proximity of the archeological site of the theater, regardless the fact the outcrop is located within private land. Nevertheless, last Saturday 13/11 we visited the place with a friend. Visited 3 possible outcrops without much results. 1. Carnian exposure with partially pyritized ammonites - overexploited, zero finds. 2. Ammonitico Rosso quarry, no finds but for some slices on marble blocks. 3. Around the theater, near that private place. One nice slice of the Rosso early Jurassic quarry. 100kgs of boulders collected in order to be cleaned. This outcrop has very high density of fossils, due to the absent of sediments, leading in amazing multiblocks full of ammonites, nautiloids and orthoconics. The obvious characteristic of this formation is th presence of Mn oxide, which gives this lovely dark brown/rusty color. Smaller blocks were also collected. Presence of fossils indicate high possibility to find more after abrasion. Before leaving, we visited the museum and bought some prepared ones. You can see how packed are. I tried to find another exposure of Hallstatt facies so I had to find a map, which does not exist online. Found a governmental library and bought it! Next Saturday 20/11 we visited again Epidaurus area. Using a ruler, I put all possible outcrops on my phone, so we were prepared. Unfortunately, all these outcrops were not accessible or altered due to agriculture, buildings and so on. Out of 13 visited locations, none gave fossils. We found another Ammonitico Rosso, but the quality was poor due to tectonic dynamics and extreme deformation. Sunday 21/10, a third visit to the place with another friend. We started locating an outcrop with Miocene gastropods. Near that place, we found another site with some Cretaceous imprints of Pectenoids Then we joined with another guy and headed to search again in that overexploited locality. My friend found a partial Carnian ammonite replaced by jasper and gave it to me. I don't keep partials anymore, but this is really beautiful and rare. The same guy found a nice 4-5cm Johannites sp laying on the ground. It was steinkern but still lovely! Moved further to explore the place a little more and we found something like stromatolites, composed of Mn oxide, limestone of the same fossiliferous site around the theater and possibly, ammonites with complete replacement with Mn oxide.
  19. GABRIEL.P

    Permian Crinoids ID

    These Crinoids were found on a small cape, in Bali (GREECE).I know what species of Crinoids lived in that place, but I didn' found images of all those species to identify them. Species of Crinoids: Apographiocrinus nodosus Pindaxocrinus granulosus Moapacrinus sp. Protencrinus baliensis Synbathocrinus cretensis Artichthyocrinus koenigi Age; Asselian Can you help me identify them if it's posible? Thank you. 1,21 23
  20. Hello everyone, i found a flint ball in my field approximately 8 cm diameter, in Corfu island in north-western Greece, around 500 meters from the sea. I opened it and the enterior is like in the photo. Apart from the big cavity at the center, there are also many wholes around with red soil inside. Is the big cavity a fossil sponge? If yes, when is approximately dated? Thank you
  21. In a beach near Galaxidi, in Greece, i found some grey fossils on rocks with layers, just like the stromatolites. I believe that these fossils are members of Francevillian biota, witch includes the earliest multicellular organisms that was found in Gabon. These are the reasons that make me think that these fossils are from the Francevillian biota; 1.The fossils have got the same thickness with these that were found in Gabon; 6 mm. 2. In the past, one part of Eurasia (probably Greece) was next to Gabon in the Paleoproterozoic era, when the Francevillian biota appeared. 3. Its rock has got the same color with these from Gabon. Probably are made from the same minerals. 4. The fossils have got the same forms with the members of the Francevillian biota.
  22. Hello everyone! A rather successful day today! Following this article concerning Concavus concavus, I managed to find 5 possible outcrops using Google Earth. Out of those 5, 1st and last were productive. 1st one had mostly ostrea within conglomerate rock. In situ photo and finds, all of them ostrea of various condition. The last section was AMAZING. This picture is taken on a vertical cliff and this is on top of me. So much death in one pic. The rest of the pictures are finds. Some bivalves with both valves preserved, concavus. Unfortunately, I did not find any clypaster.
  23. This summer, I visited the beautiful island of Kythera. Located in South Greece, on the joint of three seas, it is a very calm place that combines wild nature, delicious traditional food and history. The lore says that Zeus castrated his father, Kronos. His testicles fell in the sea at the shores of the island and from there Aphrodite (Venus) was born. Goddess of love and fertility, she is also connected with sea due to the way of her birth. This is the point where mythology, history and lore meet. Since the ancient people discovered pectinidae, they built a temple dedicated to Aphrodite. Although I never found the temple, I located the formation. Situated in the middle of the island, the area of Mitata (Μητάτα) is within a Neogene formation. The easiest place to observe the formation is at 36.2508099, 23.0003155 I found many pectinidae and an echinoid, about 15cm diameter. The last one was not fully retrieved. I underestimated its hardness and broke it. On the North side of the island, close to the port you will find permian to early Triassic sediments. There I collected a (rock?) fragment of coral. On the south side of the island, you will observe Cretaceous formations with some fossilised corals. The place is called Melidoni beach. (Παραλία Μελιδόνι) 36.1586538, 22.9481317 The formation is accessible with boat or swimming as it is located across the beach. Thus, no photos.. If you visit it, don't let Google deceive you. Follow the local signs since Google will lead you 3kms North. Since this post has to do with Greece I will include some Greek search keywords, in case someone might be looking info for this area. Ελλάδα, Κύθηρα, απολιθώματα, Μητάτα Κενοζωικός Since tourism has become a little complicated lately, I may visit the place again in October. Hope you enjoy the post. If you visit the island, don't miss the chance to eat at Mihalis Tavern Mitata
  24. Dimitris

    ID request Kythera island

    Hello everyone. I was collecting in an abandoned sand quarry in the Greek island of Kythera. The formation is Tortonian - Zanglean made of various hardness/density sandstone. The upper layer looks like river deposits as it has more round pebbles and its thickness is less than a metre. The main formation exceeds 8m. North of this place (800m) and south of it (1000-1200m) there are confirmed Miocene deposits, terrestrial and river origin. I am clueless with this. 2€ coin = 1inch I thought of mammal tooth but I have no idea of such things. My other thought, it is just a rock..
  25. VStergios

    Cross section of Clypeaster

    Found what appears to be a cross-section of a Clypeaster fossil in Pliocene sea deposits, on the Greek island of Kythera. The length is 16 cm. Any help and suggestions on the species would be much appreciated!
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