Ludwigia Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) I visited my favorite Kimmeridgian ditch at the side of the road again recently. Among other things I found this cute little nautilus. The very inner whorls of what's probably a Pseudaganides sp. measuring in at a gigantic 18mm. And while I was at it I found a few other things as well. Discosphinctoides sp. 7cm. 2x Streblites tenuilobatus. 5.5 & 4.5cm. Edited December 12, 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 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Sutneria platynota. 18mm. Hibolites semisulcatus rostrum. 10cm. Bathrotomaria ?babeauana. 2cm. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I'm really diggin' your ditch, Roger. Very nice finds. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I wish I could dig his ditch! Great finds and prep, as per usual, Roger. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Wow! Nice finds Roger! Wonderful preservation on those pieces, and it looks as though Ma nature has done the prep job for you. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 NICE! Thanks for sharing! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 awesome schtuff Roger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) Thanks everybody! Charlie, Ma nature has been very gracious to me, but she still needed a bit of help with an air pen and some iron powder. Tim, y'all just come round, hear? Edited December 12, 2014 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 very cool! "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 very cool! Yes it was...winter's just round the corner Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Wow! As usual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Your finds are always amazing! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Thanks guys. The prepping always peps them up a bit. Maybe I should do some before and after shots also with the simple ones. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 As always, from one ammonite lover to another... Well done! Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Thanks, Kris Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Now you are one ditch digger that has made his mark!! Kris put it out there with: From one cephalopod lover to another, well done. Jess B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 You've got yourself a bunch of cool little specimens! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Thanks, guys. I appreciate it. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 The Belemnite is particularly nice as is the gastropod. And congrats on the Nautiloid too! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Thanks Dave. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Very nice finds, and prep! -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Like little gems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Thank you, gentlemen. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Found another little nautilus. This time there's no doubt that it's a Pseudaganites. I'm still not so sure about the first one. This one measures a gigantic 3cm. There were also a few more things found with it. These ones are already prepared. ?Leptomaria sp. Gastropod Steinkern. 4.5cm. Prorasenia heeri 6cm. Not perfectly preserved, but nevertheless interesting. 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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