nala Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Very nice Roger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Thanks Gery. I just finished off this next one this evening and I'm very pleased with it since there are 4 different species on one matrix block. The large one on top is Crussoliceras sp., on the right is Streblites tenuilobatus, the small one on the left Lingulaticeras lingulatum and in the middle Coryceras dentatum. The block measures 10x10cm. Edited February 21, 2015 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 great sample! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks again Gery. I've just posted it in the associated species thread. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Very nice mollusk specimens. I especially like the nautilus and the matrix piece, but it's all exquisite. Hard to believe you found it all in one day. Must be an especially rich spot and/or you've got an amazing eye. Probably both. Congrats and happy holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I love those beautiful suture patterns on the Streblites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Very nice mollusk specimens. I especially like the nautilus and the matrix piece, but it's all exquisite. Hard to believe you found it all in one day. Must be an especially rich spot and/or you've got an amazing eye. Probably both. Congrats and happy holidays. The horizon is indeed relatively rich, although a lot of which is found is not worth taking home. The best preserved ammonite fossils are to be found either in or immedatey adjacent to concretions, The ones in the soft shale are flatly pressed and friable, with the only exception of the flat S. tenuicostatum, the index fossil of this particular layer. The thick-shelled brachiopods survive in practically all sedimentary environments. The finds on page 1 plus a few more which I haven't shown were all found in one day during a 5 hour dig. The ones on this page were found on a different day within a similar timespan. I've not finished prepping all of those yet. On the average I've come away with up to 10 keepers per dig. To be quite honest, I don't find this exceptional for this type of deposition and taphonomy. I've visited sites where the finds are proportionally even much greater. On the other hand I've spent a good number of days searching and digging elsewhere and come up with nothing. Even within the supposedly rich layers, you often have to hit the right spot since the fossils were often swept by currents into troughs and depressions, so luck and a good eye do often play a part in success. Happy holidays to you too! Edited December 21, 2014 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Here's the rest now from that day. There wasn't much worth saving for me, mostly duplicates, which I've saved, or badly preserved, which were thrown away. With the exception of the bivalve, which is my first Pholadomya from this site, I've put them in the trade box. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 I love those beautiful suture patterns on the Streblites. Yes, I also find them particularly beautiful. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'm too late to edit post 27, so I'll have to do it here. The Garnierisphinctes sp. in that post is now revised to Crussiloceras sp. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcordova Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Always look at your fossils with envy.... And you also got the best country soccer team in the World, life´s not fair....LOL Really love your ammos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Don't worry. The team was working with this goal in mind for decades and happened to have the right ingredients this time around and sometimes that's the case with my ammos as well. Who do you root for? Glad to hear you like the ammos anyway. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcordova Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I´ve been living in TX for 1 yr now, but I´m from Mexico....so in Soccer as a Country I will always root for Mexico.... then its Germany!, the character they always display its amazing. And now, with this generation, you are good positioned for the next 10 yrs. My kids are still young, I think they will root for the USA.... in Club Competition I´m a Real Madrid fan and PUMAS in Mexico. Got to admit I prefer Borussia than Bayern, However the football Bayern has displayed the last 3 yrs its amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 I somehow figured that might be the case. Not very many die-hard Americans are number 1 soccer fans. Yes, Bayern is maintaining its dominance, but poor old Dortmund has gone into the winter break in the basement in a relegation position! I like them too, but they're having great difficulties this year. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thanks Gery. I just finished off this next one this evening and I'm very pleased with it since there are 4 different species on one matrix block. The large one on top is Garnierisphinctes sp., on the right is Streblites tenuilobatus, the small one on the left Lingulaticeras lingulatum and in the middle Coryceras dentatum. The block measures 10x10cm. A1011e.2.jpg Hey Roger, very nice finds! I am curious as to what you might think the stubby segmented looking structure is on the ammonite on the right? Almost looks like the cross section showing chambers/whorls of another ammonite? Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Hey Roger, very nice finds! I am curious as to what you might think the stubby segmented looking structure is on the ammonite on the right? Almost looks like the cross section showing chambers/whorls of another ammonite? Regards, Chris Hi Chris, The structure only looks the way it is because I ran the air abrader over it a couple of times, inadvertently creating the wavy form. All it is really is a strip where the shell must have broken off long ago leaving no mold impression there, but only the infill sediment. All of the ammos from this site are internal molds. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Hi Chris, The structure only looks the way it is because I ran the air abrader over it a couple of times, inadvertently creating the wavy form. All it is really is a strip where the shell must have broken off long ago leaving no mold impression there, but only the infill sediment. All of the ammos from this site are internal molds. Thanks Roger, continued hunting success! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Thanks, Chris Same to you! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoreBack Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 These are beautiful fossils! Until I got into this hobby I never realized that Germany was rich in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 (edited) Thanks! I guess by now you realize that just about every country has its fossilized treasures. Edited December 28, 2014 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoreBack Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 My wife has been to your beautiful country but she only remembers the food and the scenery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Well, that is nice enough on its own. Who needs fossils when you're in the middle of the black forest eating a piece of that delicious cake? (Confidentially though, I'm an expatriate Canadian who really misses his smoked meat sandwiches and Tim Horton donuts) Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) The snow has melted away! Hooray, Hooray, Hooray! I found yet another wee Nautilus and a few other things. Ooops, it doesn't all fit here... Edited January 13, 2015 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 The last one's a little sponge. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Here's one more. It broke into a few bits which I glued back together, but I decided to leave it the way it is this time instead of filling in the gaps. Aspidoceras ?binodum. 12cm. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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