Notidanodon Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Very busy at the moment But found some time to write this up this is a trip around the same time as the other trips (July) to shanklin on the Isle of Wight. This site is known for greensand molluscs and dinosaurs . The brachiopods come from the aptian old walpen chine member of the ferruginous sands of the lower greensand Let’s start with the brachiopods thanks to @Tidgy's Dad for the IDs 1. The most common brachiopod, Rhynchonella parvirostris 2. Sellithyris sella 3.Terebratula elongata? 4. Ornithella Sp. 5. Gemmarcula sp. ? 6. Cyclothyris latissima 7. Oysters, 8.. the block I got most of these from, kept one large chunk in case there is scientific value if anyone wants to trade for it let me know 9. now for beach finds, wood 10. Hoplitid Ammonite structures 11. there were ironstone nodules around that produced interesting steinkerns I found two large oysters on the beach as well but can’t find them atm hope you enjoyed! Final Crystal bonus! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 Also found 2 Aetostreon latissimum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Moving onto Yaverland, I will sort of count this as 2 separate localities as the two different formations I hunted are very different let’s start with the barremian wessex formation, renowned for its dinosaur remains. I hunted here twice over the summer, on the first trip I found only bone fragments but on my second trip, I found 4 teeth! 1. What a lovely view ! The IOW is beautiful 2. starting with random bone fragments 3. some interesting bone bits 4. coprolite 5. Scute of some kind 6. lovely croc teeth 7. Dino tooth! 8. lepidotes fish scale 9. the only bit of Dino bone I found in situ overall a verts successful hunt 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Hi guys here are a few of the prepped bits from this trip, 1. pliosaur tooth from Shepard’s chine 2. pliosaur tooth? Yaverland 3. Hybodus fin spine shepards chine 4. hybodus spin spine yaverland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Awesome plesiosaurian (sensu lato) teeth, WIll! I should definitely make my way back to the IoW at some point to try and find some of these amazing teeth myself! 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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