Manticocerasman's Manticoceras collection and other Frasnian fossils.

[Manticocerasman]

 

Our fossil shed is finally done, with the last work of the carpenter to install a door and the last bits of insulation.

So now it is time to clean up the place and reorganise a little.

This weekend I took a selection of my best material out from the Lompret quarry in Belgium and started to reorganise it.

Most of it are Gephuroceratidea goniatites like Manticoceras sp. And Crickites sp. , but also some Oncoceridea, Orthocones, crinoids, placoderm and more.

I’ll be taking more pictures this week when I keep on filling the cabinets.

 

pics on both sides from the 1st table:

 

2nd table:

 

 

 

time to fill up the cabinets:

 

The Manticoceras sp. cabinet: ( close up's will follow )

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

What a splendid collection! 

[Ludwigia]

Very nice!

[Yoda]

Fantastic collection.

Very nice 

[Jeffrey P]

I love Devonian goniatites and that is a spectacular collection. Congratulations and thanks for sharing it. Hope they like their new home. 

[RuMert]

Nice to finally see the collection

[Manticocerasman]

Update with close up pics from the cabinets:

 

the right cabinet with Manticoceras:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top of the cabinets with Carinoceras sp. on the left, double Manticoceras sp. center and right a few Hexagonaria sp.

 

 

 

 

next up wil be the left cabinet.

 

 

[Ludwigia]

Lovely!! But watch out with those glass shelves that they're thick enough to take the weight properly. Be sure not to overload them at any rate. They can get "tired" with time. I thought I was ok with 8mm. thick glass, but the top one gave way in one of my cabinets a few years ago and created havoc. I lost a couple of fossils completely and had to glue a good number back together. I've replaced all of the glass shelves since then with 2cm. pine wood ones just to be on the safe side.

[Manticocerasman]

35 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

Lovely!! But watch out with those glass shelves that they're thick enough to take the weight properly. Be sure not to overload them at any rate. They can get "tired" with time. I thought I was ok with 8mm. thick glass, but the top one gave way in one of my cabinets a few years ago and created havoc. I lost a couple of fossils completely and had to glue a good number back together. I've replaced all of the glass shelves since then with 2cm. pine wood ones just to be on the safe side.

Thx for the warning, I try to avoid putting the heavy stuff on the glass shelves, the large specimens go on the bottom. The top wood pannels are also attached to the wall, just to be sure  

 

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

2 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Lovely!! But watch out with those glass shelves that they're thick enough to take the weight properly. Be sure not to overload them at any rate. They can get "tired" with time. I thought I was ok with 8mm. thick glass, but the top one gave way in one of my cabinets a few years ago and created havoc. I lost a couple of fossils completely and had to glue a good number back together. I've replaced all of the glass shelves since then with 2cm. pine wood ones just to be on the safe side.

 

Yeah, I've always wondered about this risk, so I actually store most of my fossils on wood. And even then consider where the weight-bearing points are, as some of the specimens in my collection are rather heavy. Same goes for books, as I've got quite an extensive library of rare books on archaeology. But that too takes a lot of weight to bear on wooden shelves. So, I try to spread the weight as good I can...

[Manticocerasman]

coming up today is the left cabinet with Manticoceras fossils:

 

 

 

[Manticocerasman]

Today we have the 3d cabinet coming up

 

 

some Tornoceratids, Bactrites, pyritised gonitites...

 

close up on the pyritised fossils:

 

The Nautiloids from Lompret :

 

a piece of seabed with lots of juvenile cephalopods, and 2 examples of Anaptichy on the front.

 

Plant material from Lompret:

[doushantuo]

that's a pretty good looking collection of cephalopods!!!!

Kev,really beautiful display cases.

[stones,glass houses]

[Manticocerasman]

18 hours ago, doushantuo said:

that's a pretty good looking collection of cephalopods!!!!

Kev,really beautiful display cases.

[stones,glass houses]

Thx Ben

 

Pictures for today are the 4th glass cabinet:

 

Othocones:

 

Placoderm remains and crinoid calixes.

 

Left, Carinoceras sp. and right a few small Crickites sp. , in the front a few brachiopods:

 

bottom shelve:

left a nautiloid ( Poterioceras cf. ) , on the front a few orthocones and in the back an ADL plate from a big arthrodire placoderm.

 

 

 

[Misha]

Fantastic collection! Some really beautiful specimens there.

Could I ask what this object in the image is? It looks very interesting 

[Manticocerasman]

29 minutes ago, Misha said:

Fantastic collection! Some really beautiful specimens there.

Could I ask what this object in the image is? It looks very interesting 

It is an anterior dorsal lateral plate from a placoderm : Aspidichthys sp. 

This is one of my best placoderm fossils from there.

 

Edited March 24, 2023 by Manticocerasman

[Manticocerasman]

3 hours ago, Misha said:

 

 

close up:

[doushantuo]

Thx for the closeup,Kev

I've been reading a Kiaer piece that contained this pic:

[Manticocerasman]

38 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

Thx for the closeup,Kev

I've been reading a Kiaer piece that contained this pic:

Also: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310659712_The_Late_Devonian_placoderm_Aspidichthys_Newberry_1873_from_the_Holy_Cross_Mountains_Poland

 

 

[doushantuo]

Did you REALLY think I would miss out on an open access placoderm paper?

But do I appreciate the thought behind you posting that link: most assuredly

 

There is a Belgian placoderm called Belgiosteus ,BTW,and it was described by Lehmann in 1973.

Because the article was published by M*SS*n(*lsevi*r),it is in the category," probably available after the invention of the FTL-drive"

Edited March 24, 2023 by doushantuo

[Manticocerasman]

coming up today are the fe specimens that did'nt fit in the cabinets

 

 

This doesn't look like much, but it is a large chunk of placoderm armor:

the bone structure is visible at the broken part.

 

 

a shelf with Cricites sp.

 

a large Crickites in our entry hall:

 

and the last Crickites that I prepped last week, still looking for a place to put him:

 

[doushantuo]

awesome,Kev.!!

[caterpillar]

Very nice collection. Thank you for sharing

I found a solution to secure the glass shelves. Just put a bracket in the center of each shelf. By taking aluminum tube with a bolt and nut at the end, you can adjust the height and it supports a lot of weight

See on the pics

 

[Manticocerasman]

Today it is the turn of one of the drawers:

The fossils in this one are all Anaptychi from goniatites:

[Tidgy's Dad]

What a wonderful collection!

Splendid specimens and I am absolutely amazed at the number of goniatite anaptychi that you have.

I've never found any, but one supposes that if one doesn't know what one is doing, they're easily overlooked.