Astera Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Hi Since I came to study in Gembloux, I wanted to know what kind of fossil I could find in the area. After a lot of book research, I discovered that a late cretaceous deposit is present about 5km from where I live: "La glauconie de Lonzée", coniacian/santonian. Of course it was harder to find it on the field...I only manage to find few blocks on a stack near a construction site. A few things came out of them: a very worn and small shark tooth, a piece of a belemnite, a fragment of a radiole.... and these remains, fish, I guess. Beside the round tooth, it's difficult to identify what they are (I don't even think about naming species) Here we go! I know the pix are not very good but I wanna share these finds with you guys Edit: The scale is in millimeter so the lengh of the paper is 5mm Astera Edited January 12, 2015 by Astera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astera Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 the other ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astera Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 And the tooth, with two unknown remains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The 2nd and 3rd pix are a fish jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astera Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Thanks jpc! I had my doubts about that one but I wasn't sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Fish fragments, scale, jaw, not sure and ribs. And of course the tooth. I can't work out the species, too fragmented for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astera Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Thanks a lot Toagan After (re)looking at the pictures, I suspect the right fragment from the 4th and 5th pix to be a tooth. I made some more pictures of it, what do you think? Astera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 yes, possible tooth, but difficult to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quagga Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) The longitudinal striations in the middle picture make it look a little like a hybodont shark fin spine. From a quick google search it appears that 'Hybodus' can be found in these deposits. Edited January 18, 2015 by quagga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astera Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Indeed, striations look like finspine, I haven't thought about that because of the size... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandblanc Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Hello Astera. Nice first finds…. These teeth comes from Lonzee. ( "Polyacrodus" brabanticus ). Maybe "Hybodus" because Polyacrodus is no more à valid name. I live in Gembloux and maybe I can help you. -Contacte moi MP. Phil Edited December 10, 2016 by JohnJ removed broken photo links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Ouah, grandblanc. Vos photos sont superbes. How do you take such excellent photos of such small fossils? Photostacking? Edited March 4, 2015 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 The oval tooth in post #3 looks to be from an Anomoedus phaseolus. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandblanc Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Ouah, grandblanc. Vos photos sont superbes. How do you take such excellent photos of such small fossils? Photostacking? Thanks jpc for your comment. Yes, photostacking, and to gain magnification, I use stacked lenses. But these teeth are not so small, have a look at this little Paleocene beauty from Belgium. ( Sorry Astera for this Cenozoic pollution in your topic ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astera Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 ( Sorry Astera for this Cenozoic pollution in your topic ) Such a beauty make me forgive anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astera Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 The oval tooth in post #3 looks to be from an Anomoedus phaseolus. Thanks Squali. May I ask on what you relied on to identify the specie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Basically the size and shape of the tooth. The Cretaceous age is the same here in New Jersey where I have found a jaw plate with 7 teeth and many other isolated 'bean' teeth. It may be more appropriate to call it a Pycnodonte if you like. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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