sixgill pete Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) Well, after another exhausting indoor hunting trip from material I received from another forum member, I think it is time to show of some of my cool finds. I decided to start with just the ray teeth. I found a large number of different species. These are all from Egem, Belgium. Early Eocene, Ypresian, Tielt Formation. Hovering the cursor over the picture will give you its ID and size, I learned this from Marco, Thanks Marco. If anyone has another idea on any of my ID's feel free to pass it along. I am still learning to ID many of these ray teeth, but I think I have it right. .. this pic says Mykiobatis ... meant Myliobatis, have fixed my copy. Edited December 2, 2013 by sixgill pete Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 I still have a couple more that I need to photo and ID. I will add them soon. Thanks for Looking ..... Don Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Nice finds Don! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieronymus Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Be aware of the fact that the Egem locality yields one of the richest Ypresian fauna's in Western Europe. Much of it remains undescribed. In the end, you might be able to narrow your identification efforts down to the generic level, but it will be very difficult to get them down to species level (there are probably some number of new genera and species present at this locality that remain undescribed until now). http://rhaetianlorraine.webs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Don Really nice specimens! The ids look good except that the Rhynchobatus maybe Rhinobatos. The Rhynchobatus that I have from Egem do not have lateral uvula like your tooth. Some of the European Forum members should be able to help with this id. 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...
erik m Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 thy look very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Don Really nice specimens! The ids look good except that the Rhynchobatus maybe Rhinobatos. The Rhynchobatus that I have from Egem do not have lateral uvula like your tooth. Some of the European Forum members should be able to help with this id. Marco Sr. Marco, I think you may be correct after re-examining this tooth. thy look very nice Thanks Erik Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Very nice pics.Are all ray verts shaped like the one you have here?I find some in the material the I sift in the creek.None of them are large but some do share the general shape of the one you have here. Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Very nice pics.Are all ray verts shaped like the one you have here?I find some in the material the I sift in the creek.None of them are large but some do share the general shape of the one you have here. Thanks Jeff. I believe all ray verts are, but I am not 100% sure. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Thank you Don. Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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