JamieLynn Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I convinced my friend in England to send me some matrix from the Oxford Clay site I have the pleasure of hunting a few years ago. I really wanted to see what I could find in the micro stuff! He packed up a "Fosters sized package of Pay Dirt" as he referred to it and I got it in the mail a couple of weeks ago. It didn't take me long to go through it because I just couldn't stop! So many beautiful tiny fossils!! Star Crinoids, Belemnites, Ammonites, all of those I expected to find. What I was surprised to find was lots of tiny crab claws, couple of shark teeth and some possible Starfish ossicles! First the Ammonites: I am over the moon with my new favorite fossil: a Kosomceras spinosum. Even has a little bit of nacre still on it! 6mm I found an even better preserved one too, but the one with the nacre is special. On my previous hunt in this spot, all I had found were the Quenstedtoceras ammonites. They are still really cool too.... 1 cm Then there is this beauty which I am not sure what it is, but it might be Distichoceras bicostatum 5mm I found so many little crab claws and legs! Really elaborate ones and very simple ones: 3mm And of course, the crinoids - 5mm Some lovey little gastropods, including a really nice pyritized one: 5mm I think it's a Dicroloma trifida Not sure what these two are - both 3mm One of my unexpected surprises...this little tooth! 3mm And I THINK these might be starfish ossicles? If so, that would be really cool. They look an awful lot like the starfish ossicles we find in the Texas Cretaceous. But they might also just be crinoid bits. 2mm And last but not least- a little worm tube. I liked the crenulated edge on the bottom 3mm 3 14 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty_Crab Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Love the finds, especially with the good photography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Lovely little things! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Amazing photography and thread yet again! I also am very interested in your 'starfish ossicles' as I have three very similar looking things from the UK Much Wenlock Limestone Formation. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Really beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Excellent finds and photos, Jamie Lynn! Thanks for posting these! 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Oh that little shark tooth is nice. Could that be an Akaimia tooth ? I believe teeth from that genus can be found in the Oxford Clay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Small but at the same time beautiful and interesting. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Really beautiful ammonites, those are special! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 Thanks y'all!! @Tidgy's Dad These are starfish ossicles from the Cretaceous of Texas. They just look an awful lot like those little bits from the Oxford Clay. What got me thinking they might be is the interior line. I might be way off, but they look a bit similar. 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Super cool stuff! Love the little serpulid at the end, very typical Oxfordshire fossils. I've always wanted to go hunting in the ever-famous clay; I'm even in the same county, Oxfordshire! So jealous ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 @IsaacTheFossilMan Well GO man, GO!! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I think the Kosomceras spinosum is the one I like most. How big are they? *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Love that tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 11:44 AM, FB003 said: I think the Kosomceras spinosum is the one I like most. How big are they? Sorry! Didn't see your post until just now. The Kosmoceras are about 6 mm www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Nice finds:) Doing the same with Tithonian matrix, but its smaller and much poorer My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 12/13/2021 at 11:05 AM, RuMert said: Nice finds:) Doing the same with Tithonian matrix, but its smaller and much poorer Where is that matrix from? www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Any ID on that little shark tooth? It's a super interesting shape - kinda reminds me of a shape seen in modern filter feeders, however filter feeding harks haven't evolved yet in the Jurassic 1 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 10 hours ago, JamieLynn said: Where is that matrix from? 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 15 hours ago, Jared C said: Any ID on that little shark tooth? It's a super interesting shape - kinda reminds me of a shape seen in modern filter feeders, however filter feeding harks haven't evolved yet in the Jurassic Nope, no clues yet. www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Galasphere Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Nice photos! What scope and camera do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 @Jared C - so I found out finally that the little tooth is Akaimia sp! Finally a name to go with it! @Mr Galasphere I use a Hayear 16mp microscope camera that plugs into a monitor screen, so nice BIG screen to see what I'm doing! And then I stack the images with Picolay. 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Galasphere Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, JamieLynn said: @Jared C - so I found out finally that the little tooth is Akaimia sp! Finally a name to go with it! @Mr Galasphere I use a Hayear 16mp microscope camera that plugs into a monitor screen, so nice BIG screen to see what I'm doing! And then I stack the images with Picolay. The hayear certainly works very well. I've been looking at those cameras, nice to see what they are capable of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 BTW, having looked at these finds again, I find similarities with our Callovian-Oxfordian fauna. №4 I'd say Brightia if found in our region №6,7 - why not echinoid spines Crinoids - Pentacrinus 2nd gastropod - Cryptaulax Later - definitely starfish My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 @RuMert - thanks for the ID on the gastro and starfish confirmation! The reason I don't think the ammonite is Brightia is because of the pointy nodes you can see starting to appear just on the keel near the broken end. And crab claws because I have found claws that look VERY similar in Cretaceous material. The little dots are a typical indication for crab claws as opposed to being echinoid spines. www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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