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A Little Trip Report From My Visit To A Cretaceous Quarry


sharklover

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Hello

Yesterday I go with some friend's to a cretaceous quarry about 15 mile from my home.

In the morning it was bad wether, raining and wind.

Lucky we found a good spot where the Romondbosch layer was good excessible.

Whe found some nice teeth there.

You must understand that when you find ten good teeth on a day in this quarry,you have a good day.

The teeth are mostly smal ,from about 2 mm till 3 cm.

When you find a Synechodus lerichei and a mosasaur hofmanni tooth you have a very very great day.

Now some pictures to get an idea.

Hope you enjoy them.

1 overview of the quarry

2 overview of the quarry

3 closup from a find of a hemipneustes striatoradiatus

4 some nice Palaeohypotoduss bronni teeth

5 a Palaeohypotoduss bronni in matrix

6 another Palaeohypotoduss bronni in matrix

7 another Palaeohypotoduss bronni in matrix

8 a nice Ganopristis leptodon extinct sawfish

9 more fish teeth

10 a rare Synechodus lerichei tooth

11,12,13,14,15,16 the find of the year a tooth of a Mosasaurus hofmanni size 5,5 cm

Cor

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I love that last tooth! Sweet

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory.

Alfred North Whithead

'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!'

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Some more pictures

11,12,13,14,15,16 the find of the year a tooth of a Mosasaurus hofmanni size 5,5 cm

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:drool:

Oh man that is nice! Good for you!

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory.

Alfred North Whithead

'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!'

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Your Synechodus is beautiful! Great stuff :wub:

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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Those teeth in the matrix are Waaaay cool.

That echinoid looks to be in nice shape too.

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Another excellent trip. I really like the matrix pieces and that mosasaur is sweet.

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Beautiful teeth! I especially like the Ganopristis leptodon and Synechodus lerichei examples! :rolleyes:

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Let me add my congratulations on a fine hunt as well. The preservation on that Synechodus is incredible

There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else

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I'm glad you included pictures of the quarry too, gives me a perspective of your collecting site. Do you have any idea how many different species of sharks teeth are present at the site?

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