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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
a rare and nice 40cm Solnhofenamia, uncommon fish in excellent preservation© fossils worldwide
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
insect are not common in this region, they are not easy to be seen and to identify. A rare and hugh one is the water bug Mesobelostonum deperditum, this is around 3 cm© fossils worldwide
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I bought this piece online and it just looks too good to be true, especially for the price.
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
thats the one I showed before under daylight© fossils worldwide
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
This is Aeger spinipes in "normal size", around 11 cm. Very often the antennae are not preserved or only in parts© fossils worldwide
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
sometimes the best way to prepare Solnhofen-Fossils is to do it under blue light. This works perfect with nearly all crustaceans, vertebrate-fossils and some more. This one is fresh from the prep and needs finshing, huge Aeger spinipes (around 18 cm) from Eichstaett© fossils worldwide
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
this is the huge 18 cm Aeger spinipes I showed before as UV-Light-pic. You see..., its easier to prep with blue light© fossils worldwide
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
a rare and beautyful "Besenfisch" Amiopsis lepidota in nearly perfect condition, Solnhofen-Area, around 18 cm, no restaurations, no coloration© fossils worldwide
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
the "Floating Crinoidd", Comaturella pinnata GOLDFUSS 1886. In the slab limestones you can find many free-swimming crinoids, Saccocoma pectinata. These are small and cover entire strata. Rare are other crinoids, such as this beautiful comatulid "Comaturella pinnata" with a height of over 13 cm. Comaturella lived suspended in the water column and could actively change direction. Complete specimens are rare© fossils worldwide
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From the album: Fossils from the Plattenkalke of the Altmühl Valley
Fossil jellyfish are rarities. They are soft, consist almost only of water and have no substance that fossilises well. They are very rare in the Plattenkalken, but some have been found over the centuries. Even rarer than jellyfish are medusae. One of these specimens, which is rarer than a pterosaur, is shown here. An almost complete specimen of Hydrocraspedota mayri, about 18 cm in diameter. Found in Pfalzpaint© fossils worldwide
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Fossils Solnhofen, Germany. Need identification if possible
AnyArthropod posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, I went to a fossil deposit in Solnhofen, Germany a few years ago. I never got all of my finds IDed however. I would appreciate your help if you have time. Thanks for your intrest, -AnyArthropod -
Manganese and Iron Dendrites
oilshale posted a fossil in *Pseudofossils ( Inorganic objects , markings, or impressions that resemble fossils.)
Dendrites are moss- or tree-like pseudofossils on the margins of rock fissures and fossils, usually on the bedding surfaces of platy limestones and sandstones. Mineral-rich water with high concentrations of iron and manganese has penetrated microscopic cavities between limestone layers, and diffusion-limited growth has created these brown iron and black manganese dendrites, which are often mistaken for fossil ferns or fossil moss.. This slab with manganese and iron dendrites comes from the lithographic limestones of Solnhofen. -
After my visit last week (http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/86063-my-little-trip-to-solnhofen/) This time I was at the visitor quarry in Solnhofen. It was very hard work and it was too hot but the finds arent too bad Its a pity that I couldnt find a fish but nevertheless I found some interesting things! Two pictures of the quarry: A beautiful 4 cm long Laevaptychus: A cuttlefish remain: with nice details (6 cm long): And my finds of the day: Two teeth Teeth a
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To mark the occasion of this new sub forum for museums. I would like you show you some wonderful stuff in Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. This is actually the oldest museum in the Netherlands and thus also has some really cool history attached to it and it's specimens. http://www.teylersmuseum.nl/en Besides fossils this museum also holds an art and science collection. The museum is just as beautiful as the specimens in it and a true time capsule. While it is quite a small museum, it's charm is worth the trip alone. Even the cabinets are pretty. It even has a few world firsts, such
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From the album: Invertebrates
Glyphea pseudoscyllarus Schlotheim, 1822 Upper Jurassic Tithonian (Malm zeta) Solnhofen Germany Length 6 cm / 2 inch -
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Ammonite - Indeterminate species Jurassic, Tithonian Solnhofen Limestone, Altmuhltal Formation Bavaria, Germany -
Taxonomy according to fossilworks.org. Diagnosis for the genus according to Bartram, 1977 (p. 140, excerpts): "Large, elongate macrosemiid fishes; skull roof free from ganoine; supratemporals greatly reduced; cephalic division of main lateral line and supratemporal commisure exposed by fenestrae; vomers bearing a transverse row of stout pointed teeth and a pair of large blunt teeth; ventral parts of anterior three infraorbitals expanded and overlapping the maxilla; gape very small, the quadrate articulation lying in front of the orbit ... dorsal fin single, extending from the occiput to
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Caturidae non det. Upper Jurassic Tithonian (Malm zeta) Solnhofen Germany Length 33cm / 13" -
Crustaceans are a large, diverse group of anthropods which includes the crabs, prawns, lobsters, barnacles and other shelled animals. Perhaps owing to their hard shells and marine lifestyles, crustaceans have a rich and extensive fossil record, extending up to the Cambrian, though they do not appear in abundance until the Carboniferous. They make for attractive and familiar fossils, and are one of my favorite groups to collect. Allow me to present my humble collection. Eryon cuvieri 155 million years old | late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones; "Plattenkalk” Malm Zeta 2, Eic
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The first pereiopod is strongly elongated, was used to catch prey, and was more calcified than the rest of the body. Mecochirus was probably a bottom-dwelling reef inhabitant. On the plate are also several specimens of the swimming crinoid Saccocoma tenella GOLDFUSS, 1831. Line drawing: References: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. 2010. Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222
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I saw this tooth for sale recently, labeled as Pterosaur from Solnhofen, the tooth seems way too thick to be pterosaur, any thoughts? I'm thinking it might be fish, but I have no idea.
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Emended species diagnosis from Grande & Bemis 1998, p. 493: "Amiopsis lepidota differs from other species of the genus by the following adult characters A through D (note there is a range of overlap between some species for characters B, C, and D). (A) The opercle is wider than in other species of the genus (0.96-1.00 compared to 0.77-0.83 in †A. woodwardi, 0.91-0.92 in †A. damoni, 0.82 in †A. dolloi, and an estimated 0.80 in †A. prisca, based on our study sample). (B) There are seven to nine procurrent epaxial caudal rays (versus five or six in †A. damoni, and three in †A. dolloi; the cou
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Hi all, I was playing with my poop a while back, as one does, and discovered a hidden treasure. I prepped out what I think is a nice little floating crinoid. It looks beefier than the Saccocoma in my collection. Can anyone verify that is what this is? Thanks a bunch!
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Hello all My friend recently got this tooth from the famous Solnhofen Plattenkalk, and he really wants to know what the tooth belonged to. He is hoping for something like Archaeopteryx or Compsognathus. I personally don't think it belongs to either of those (although I love this tooth, it's very beautifel), but can't really tell which it is. I've heard everything ranging from dinosaur to fish for this one. Could any of you help? Specifics of the tooth: Size: 9mm Age: Thitonian (Late Jurassic) Seems to be unserrated Has some kind of 'ditch' simil
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let.12391.pdf Unique near isometric ontogeny in the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus suggests hatchlings could fly DAVID W. E. HONE , JOHN M. RATCLIFFE, DANIEL K. RISKIN, JOHN W. HERMANSON AND ROBERT R. REISZ lethaia,ahead-of print/2020 taxonomy:following Bennett(1995)* *or: all Solnhofen R. are R.Muensteri edited by user,17.23h ,European time:minor correction in Hone's name
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