Dave pom Allen Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 last week a friend and i went on a trip south, i had a trip to take a few fossils i have to the Canterbury museum where i had to meet with Paul Schofield who has offered to help me with identification of some of the sea bird fossils that i have, also with a couple of seal bones that i have, this was an awesome trip to the museum and i hope that it all goes well. on the way we had a few stop overs and here is what we found. we stayed in south bay Kaikoura for a few nights i love this place, i dont know any other places that you can sat on the deck over looking the bay watching whales jump out the water a couple of hundred yards offshore. we had managed to borrow a quad bike off the people we rented the bach off, this made the trip to the hunting spots way easier as i was suffering from an injury, heres a couple of shots of the place and a few of the bits i found. a nice phragmacone, pleosaur tooth,shark tooth slab and a slab of belemnites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Cool Phragmocone!! and Tooth!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Very cool Dave. I hope your injuries heal quickly! Thanks for showing us what we're missing up here in the Northern Hemisphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Great fossils and scenery! Hope you feel better and heal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Great teeth. Did you hunt at the Mikonui Stream area or the Haumuri Bluffs area? That plesiosaur tooth is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Those slabs look really nice. Sounds like a fun time. Hope you get healed up soon. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Really nice pictures and specimens. Are you able to break down the shark tooth slabs and search the residue for micro shark, ray and fish 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Really nice pictures and specimens. Are you able to break down the shark tooth slabs and search the residue for micro shark, ray and fish teeth? Marco Sr. the slab has meny micros in it i have counted 15 shark teeth and a vert and many belemnites that i can see with the naked eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Great teeth. Did you hunt at the Mikonui Stream area or the Haumuri Bluffs area? That plesiosaur tooth is beautiful. yeah these all came from mikonui also found many pleaosaur bone all unidentifiable and a nice sponge and wood .also found many other bones and bits from haumuri bluff but nothing great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 we also stayed at motunau beach in north canterbury well known for its fossil crabs. heres some shots from that stop. we found these crabs and a crayfish also many marine mammal bones not a bad days effort cant wait till next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Great Fossils, thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 we also stayed at motunau beach in north canterbury well known for its fossil crabs. heres some shots from that stop. IMG_1028.JPGIMG_1027.JPG we found these crabs and a crayfish also many marine mammal bones not a bad days effort IMG_1030.JPGIMG_1031.JPGIMG_1035.JPGIMG_1034.JPGIMG_1033.JPG cant wait till next year Ok now you have my attention, wonderful collection and location shots , Thanks Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Always outstanding, Dave. Thanks for a taste of your trip. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I think i need to jump on a plane! Any Kiwi's up for an international? "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Amazing crabs. I've seen photos of many fine crabs in concretions, but not a pair of crabs. And beautiful scenery. The South Island reminds me of a mix of California, Alaska, Hawaii, and Ireland, with Mesozoic vegetation in the wilder parts. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ab Aeterno Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Hi Dave, I like what you found there. Link below to see what I collected from there. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/41688-my-latest-trip-south-of-kaikoura/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Really great finds and scenery Dave! I assume that you deliberately had the photo of you on the quad taken next to the warning sign in order to show that you kiwis are law abiding citizens with a good sense of humor Kaikoura looks to be jurassic and Motunau oligocene. Is that correct? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Really great finds and scenery Dave! I assume that you deliberately had the photo of you on the quad taken next to the warning sign in order to show that you kiwis are law abiding citizens with a good sense of humor Kaikoura looks to be jurassic and Motunau oligocene. Is that correct? kaikoura is late cretacous and motunau is late miocene. i had to wait for the train to pass before driving the train tracks i am always law abiding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Awesome crabs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Fantastic finds, the plesiosaur tooth is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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