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Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros From Hallencourt France


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Some of my fossil hunting trips take place at home breaking down and looking through matrix obtained from collectors worldwide. This matrix came from the Cretaceous (Campanian) of Hallencourt France. Most of the nicer specimens that I found in this matrix were in the 1.5mm to 4 or 5mm size range. Almost all of the larger teeth were damaged (missing roots, broken root lobes, crown damage). The matrix is a very hard chalk which requires a pick ax or jack hammer to get the matrix from the formation which adds to the tooth damage. I am posting below pictures of a small number of the nicer and more unusual specimens which I found. Chiloscyllium greeni were very numerous in this matrix. There were a very limited number of ray teeth species found. However, I did find multiple shark species that were new to my collection. I also posted a few other specimens which I do not know what they are. Most specimens were very light colored which required a black background for the pictures which I really don’t like to use. Each new matrix that I search makes me more of an avid micro tooth collector. If anyone has or can collect good matrix with shark, ray, and fish micros please send me a PM.

 

Carcharias latus

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Chiloscyllium greeni

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crab claw tip

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Cretalamna appendiculata

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Anomotodon hermani

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Cederstroemia havreensis

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Crassescyliorhinus germanicus

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Galeorhinus girardoti

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Palaeogaleus havreensis

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Paraorthacodus conicus

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Pseudocorax laevis

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fish teeth

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shark cartilage

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shells

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Squalicorax sp.

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Squatirhina kannensis

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unknown (See below replies)

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Marco Sr.

 

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"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

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Very nice specimens, how did you remove such fragile teeth from the hard matrix, if it's not a family secret?----Tom

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Very impressive; stunning, even :wub:

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Great shark tooth photos. I like the black background.

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Marco- nice fossils and nice pictures. These fossils are the centrodorsal ossicles from comatulid crinoids (also known as centrodorsal plates).

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Marco- nice fossils and nice pictures. These fossils are the centrodorsal ossicles from comatulid crinoids (also known as centrodorsal plates).

Yes, really nice material!

I was thinking these look like crinoid plates, as well.

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And these look like forams.

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Sorry, I can't get any more scientific than that, so I could well be wrong!

Steve

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Very nice specimens, how did you remove such fragile teeth from the hard matrix, if it's not a family secret?----Tom

Most of the teeth are broken. For every nice specimen, 10 or more are broken. Taking pieces as large as possible and then breaking the chalk down with acetic acid (10% vinegar) helps a little with the real small teeth.

Marco Sr.

"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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Great shark tooth photos. I like the black background.

It is more difficult and takes longer for me to take pictures with a black background. Black backgrounds show dust, lint, etc. and I have to use very low exposures to remove them. Although, I do agree and like how the pictures look.

Marco Sr.

"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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attachicon.gifcentrodorsal.jpg

Marco- nice fossils and nice pictures. These fossils are the centrodorsal ossicles from comatulid crinoids (also known as centrodorsal plates).

Yes, really nice material!

I was thinking these look like crinoid plates, as well.

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And these look like forams.

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Sorry, I can't get any more scientific than that, so I could well be wrong!

Thank you for the id help. This is the first time I have found parts of crinoids in matrix that I have looked through. I also don't see forams much. Probably because I need to use acetic acid to break down a lot of the matrixes that I look through which destroys specimens like forams, but doesn't hurt the shark, ray and fish teeth that I am looking for if I keep the acetic acid at or below 10%.

Marco Sr.

"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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MarcoSr,

The first three marked as Squatirhina look like Rhinobatos. Squatirhina has a high, pointed cusp though it it is often found worn down.

That's great stuff. I have seen an article on that and a friend gave me a few teeth. He had a lot of Chiloscyllium too.

Jess

Some of my fossil hunting trips take place at home breaking down and looking through matrix obtained from collectors worldwide. This matrix came from the Cretaceous (Campanian) of Hallencourt France. Most of the nicer specimens that I found in this matrix were in the 1.5mm to 4 or 5mm size range. Almost all of the larger teeth were damaged (missing roots, broken root lobes, crown damage). The matrix is a very hard chalk which requires a pick ax or jack hammer to get the matrix from the formation which adds to the tooth damage. I am posting below pictures of a small number of the nicer and more unusual specimens which I found. If you place your cursor on a JPEG image you will see the file name which will have the specimen id as best that I can determine. Chiloscyllium greeni were very numerous in this matrix. There were a very limited number of ray teeth species found. However, I did find multiple shark species that were new to my collection. I also posted a few other specimens which I do not know what they are. Most specimens were very light colored which required a black background for the pictures which I really don’t like to use. Each new matrix that I search makes me more of an avid micro tooth collector. If anyone has or can collect good matrix with shark, ray, and fish micros please send me a PM.


Marco Sr.

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MarcoSr,

The first three marked as Squatirhina look like Rhinobatos. Squatirhina has a high, pointed cusp though it it is often found worn down.

That's great stuff. I have seen an article on that and a friend gave me a few teeth. He had a lot of Chiloscyllium too.

Jess

Jess

I had the same thoughts when I made the id of them. Both Rhinobatos and Squatirhina are found in the fauna. I have a good number of Squatirhina from the Maastrichtian of the Netherlands and looked at them. The males have a very high pointed cusp but some of the females are relatively low. Plus they have a frilling around the crown and an apron. All four specimens posted have a frilling around the crown which may not be evident in the pictures and the first and fourth have prominent aprons. Although frilling is very faint on the second and third specimens and could instead be damage versus frilling and there isn't really an apron on them either. But with Rhinobatos I expect both a medial and lateral uvulae and these don't really have lateral uvulae. However I do still have doubts especially about the second and third specimens which could be Rhinobatos,

Marco Sr.

"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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Thank you. I am trying to get more folks interested in the shark, ray and fish micros.

Marco Sr,

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Marco, have you found anything that has been positively ID'd as being something new? I bet the chances for that are good considering the amount of time and effort that goes into studying these little boogers.

Daryl.

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Marco, have you found anything that has been positively ID'd as being something new? I bet the chances for that are good considering the amount of time and effort that goes into studying these little boogers.

Daryl.

Daryl

Yes, I found a new species micro mammal jaw, Peradectes Gulottai, which I donated to the Smithsonian a few years back that Ken Rose wrote a paper on. I also have found a good number of ray and shark specimens that have been identified by Robert Purdy and Gerard R. Case as new species. I have shown specimens to Robert at the Aurora Fossil Festival for years which he has said looked "new to him" or "he hadn't seen anything like that before". However he did always end the conversation with "However, there could be a sheet on it that I am not aware of." I had sent pictures of these and other different shark and ray specimens to Jerry Case and he visited my house for a week last September to look at a portion of my collection. He looked at specimens from a site in NJ, two in MD and one in VA. He said I had a new shark species from NJ, multiple new shark and ray species from MD including a new ratfish species and multiple new species from Virginia. Jerry only looked at specimens from the four sites. I have micros from matrix from close to 100 sites throughout the US, Europe, North Africa and Australia. One of these days I need to donate everything so papers can be written on them.

Marco Sr.

"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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  • 4 years later...
22 hours ago, ynot said:

Do not know how I missed this one!

Very nice.

 

Tony

 

Tony

 

Thank you.  It is an old post. I just posted the link to help TFF member who was trying to break down the matrix from Hallencourt to see what might be in it.

 

Marco Sr.

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"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

image.png.9a941d70fb26446297dbc9dae7bae7ed.png image.png.41c8380882dac648c6131b5bc1377249.png

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  • 3 years later...

Thought I would bring this topic back up, it’s a gud’un :) 

@MarcoSr would you mind posting the ID's in a list, i dont think you can view file names any more ;) thanks

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Hi,

 

I agree with Will, your pictures don’t have their names when you put the mouse over them, and that’s too bad about this great job ;)

 

Coco

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