Ludwigia Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 You ever find any vert material from that spot? Just curious. Yes, I did as a matter of fact, and it was a big surprise. I made a couple of posts here about it too. Haven't found anything else in the way of verts since then, though and that was 2013. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/40957-middle-jurassic-vertebra-any-suggestions/ http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/41038-its-a-plesiosaurus-but-which-one/ Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 still very cool! Thats a great site! btw: did you ever figure what genus it came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) I had a lot of discussion with experts and a lot of reading and comparing pictures. Since it's just a single vertebra belonging to an order where there are a lot of similarities it was a matter of narrowing things down to the next best possibility in that particular horizon and that's still the stand at the family level with Elasmosauridae. It's practically impossible to even guess at genus or species. We'll never know for certain, though. Edited July 16, 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 July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Here's a Brasilia bradfordensis from the staufensis bank. It's not quite complete, but it allows for an interesting view into the mineralized septa. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Real nice "geode" piece! You just keep amassing Me with these fantastic, well prepped, ammonites!! Keep it up!!! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I love the colors on that material from there; and the geodized septa is cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Real nice "geode" piece! You just keep amassing Me with these fantastic, well prepped, ammonites!! Keep it up!!! Tony Thanks, Tony Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) I love the colors on that material from there; and the geodized septa is cool! I love them too. Over here because of the dominating colors of the sediment we call the upper Jurassic the White Jura, the lower Jurassic the Black Jura and the middle Jurassic the Brown Jura. I just fell in love with those shades of chocolate brown and the various iron hues at first sight. The mineral in the right hand "geode" is siderite, by the way. The other ones are lined with calcite. Edited July 19, 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 July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 I was so busy with the English ammos that I forgot I still had one left from the last trip to the Wutach. Just finished it. Now I can go on holiday. Off on Monday for 2 weeks in Amsterdam and Hamburg visiting friends and relatives. No fossil hunting this time unless something unexpected turns up underway. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Masterful prepping, as usual, Roger. Enjoy your holiday. 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...
ynot Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Happy vacation Roger! Tony PS The ammonites are really cool!! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Thanks guys! :D Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Have fun Roger! And good job on the prep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 Thanks JIm Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Well, I got back again last weekend and still had a week at hand, so I just had a strong inclination to get out into the field (or in this case the woods) again. After a bit of digging, I found a good spot and managed to pull a few things out. Started in on the prepping yesterday and already have a couple of things to show. Ludwigia bradfordensis deleta. 8cm. Brasilia bradfordensis. 13cm. This one came out in 2 pieces, but I got it repaired ok. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Found some good ones too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Yup. They're in pretty good shape. More to come... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) Here's the next batch. The first one is a rather ugly monster, but since it's so large and also somewhat interesting, I figured I'd hang onto it for the time being. Brasilia sp. 15cm. A small block with A.opalinoides and a partial on one side and on the reverse side Entolium demissum and various bivalve bits. 8x8cm. Ancolioceras opalinoides. 7cm. Ludwigia bradfordensis deleta. 5.5cm. Edited August 22, 2015 by Ludwigia 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Nice finds, that last Ludwigia bradfordensis deleta is really nice with the sutures visible. -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 August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 The calcite steinkerns can be really exceptional here. I find the second A.opalinoides in the last post is nice too. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 do you id them through their sutures or outside anatomy? Those are beauties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 I use the outer anatomy, although sutures can sometimes play a subordinate role. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Here's the rest. Time to go hunting again... A.opalinoides. 4cm. A.opalinoides (3cm.) with a Modiolus sp. bivalve on the reverse side Ludwigia murchisonae. 7cm. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Vacation over...back to "work". Great stuff, Roger...what is the largest ammonite from those zones? "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...
JimB88 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 the first A.opalinoides has some awesome colors in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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