Ludwigia Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I hadn't gotten out to look for fossils for a couple of weeks due to commission work and other things, so I was beginning to itch so much that I spent the day yesterday digging away in my favorite ditch in the Upper Danube Valley where I've been working at prying up bits of the Kimmeridgian hypselocylum zone. It was a nice sunny day and relatively warm for the middle of winter, so it was quite an enjoyable experience, although my old bones were starting to ache a bit at the end of the day. Here are the things I've sorted out for the collection. Streblites tenuilobatus. 7.5cm. Parataxioceras perayense. 5.5cm. Eurasenia trimera and Glochiceras sp. 5x5x4cm. A sponge which may belong to the genus Hyalotragos sp. 14 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Nice ammos, Roger! Glad you found some time to get out. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 The beauty and variety of ammonites never ceases to astound me. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Great ammonites! That sponge isn’t bad either. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Stellar specimens as always Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Beautiful pieces you found there Roger Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 10 hours ago, Darktooth said: Nice ammos, Roger! Glad you found some time to get out. 10 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: The beauty and variety of ammonites never ceases to astound me. 10 hours ago, FossilNerd said: Great ammonites! That sponge isn’t bad either. 10 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Don 7 hours ago, jcbshark said: Beautiful pieces you found there Roger Thanks everyone. Yes, it was nice to get out. It is a bit strange for this Canadian not even to have to scrape away any snow or crack any ice in the middle of February. So mild is the weather in southern Germany this winter. Of course that is advantageous for a fossil collector, but I do miss the snow and hope we get a few buckets full of it before Easter arrives. Oh, well, at least I can drive up into the mountains if the yearning gets too strong. I believe that the variety of species is quite high since the zone is somewhat condensed in parts and represents a good stretch of geological time. Particularly the genus Ataxioceras is incredibly variable in form, even the different species themselves have a high variability, which causes a lot of despair even amongst the experts when it comes to identification. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Our winter over here in the GTA has been pretty mild overall, too - we've had a couple of dumpings of snow immediately followed by warm (quite a bit above zero Celsius!) days to melt it all. We've even had rain!!! It's been very weird With all of the rain and melted snow we've received, I haven't tried to venture out to my fossil-hunting haunts (I imagine the creeks and rivers are running a bit too high for my liking), but I'm glad you've been able to find some nice fossils in your neck of the woods! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 What's snow? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 51 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: What's snow? Now I remember seeing lots of snow in your pictures giving us a tour of Morocco!!!!! LOL Something I won't forget. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, minnbuckeye said: Now I remember seeing lots of snow in your pictures giving us a tour of Morocco!!!!! LOL Something I won't forget. Mike True, true, you caught me out. Here in Fes we don't get any though. Well, twice in 15 years; a light dusting that lasted an hour or two. But a 90 minute drive away, up into the mountains, we have a ski resort. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I also remember palm trees so I believe that Fes is usually snowless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 13 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Streblites tenuilobatus. 7.5cm. Great finds Roger! What is the round empty area in the middle of the beautiful Streblites? Tooth damage from a bite? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Shamalama said: Great finds Roger! What is the round empty area in the middle of the beautiful Streblites? Tooth damage from a bite? No. It's just a surface piece which broke off, flew away and disappeared during extraction. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: True, true, you caught me out. Here in Fes we don't get any though. Well, twice in 15 years; a light dusting that lasted an hour or two. But a 90 minute drive away, up into the mountains, we have a ski resort. Closest snow that we have is at least three hours drive as the crow flies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, caldigger said: Closest snow that we have is at least three hours drive as the crow flies. If it's a sensible crow, it'll be flying away from the snow. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: If it's a sensible crow, it'll be flying away from the snow. This is California, they don't know any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Congratulations Roger and thank you. Always a pleasure to view your finds from the Upper Danube Kimmeridgian Zone. I'll have to check out that area again the next time I'm in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 34 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: Congratulations Roger and thank you. Always a pleasure to view your finds from the Upper Danube Kimmeridgian Zone. I'll have to check out that area again the next time I'm in town. We had a good time that day, didn't we? The layer we were working is now exhausted, so I'm now working on one which I discovered a bit farther downhill. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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