Ludwigia Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) The advantage of having a site so close to home is that you can just drive off to it on the spur of the moment when life starts to get a little boring, which is just what I did the day before yesterday for an afternoon. Another advantage of this site in the lower Kimmeridgian is that the finds are quite easy to prepare since they are imbedded mostly in a relatively soft limestone marl. Even the ones in the odd concretion have a good separation layer. So I've got some of them prepped already and ready to put on display. Discosphinctoides sp. 8cm. Pseudhimalayites uhlandi. 4.5cm. I'm happy with this one since it's my first find ever of this genus. Crussoliceras crusoliense. 11cm. Crussoliceras divisum. 12cm. A little beaten up, but nevertheless it has character. Another gastropod mold, probably Bathrotomaria sp. 8cm. circumference. Edited June 1, 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...
Fossildude19 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 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 April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Some more really cool things that You have there Roger!!! I am jealous of the proximity that You have to such a good site, My nearest is at least a four hour drive. 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...
DE&i Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Very nice Roger...have you ever thought about sieving the matrix for macros. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) Beautiful ammonites once again ...that green coloration is awesome! I absolutely love the color in this suture... ...Quite a score for your latest adventures to the ditch. How many fossil bearing horizons have you found at that location? Edited April 16, 2015 by PFOOLEY 1 "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...
JohnJ Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Beautiful ammonites once again ...that green coloration is awesome! I absolutely love the color in this suture... post-2384-0-70630900-1429216524.jpg ...Quite a score for your latest adventures to the ditch. How many fossil bearing horizons have you found at that location? I was thinking the same thing. Roger, are the images colors close to accurate? Your photos are outstanding. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 I always drink a red bull before and after Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) Some more really cool things that You have there Roger!!! I am jealous of the proximity that You have to such a good site, My nearest is at least a four hour drive. Tony I had to wait about 20 years for such an opportunity, so I'm really enjoying it now. Very nice Roger...have you ever thought about sieving the matrix for macros. I haven't really thought of it, since I'm not really into that, but it certainly would yield some interesting things. Beautiful ammonites once again ...that green coloration is awesome! I absolutely love the color in this suture... I was thinking the same thing. Roger, are the images colors close to accurate? Your photos are outstanding. Yes the image colors are accurate. The nice green color comes from the glauconite which is distributed in the stone. I believe that the other colors also derive from iron compounds. ...Quite a score for your latest adventures to the ditch. How many fossil bearing horizons have you found at that location? There are 2 main ones with about a foot between them which are quite prolific. I've discovered another one about 30 meters down the slope, but there were only about 2 meters available. It dips under the surface in one direction and in the other direction you'd need a backhoe to dig up the overlay in order to get at it. Edited April 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...
Darktooth Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Awesome finds I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amour 25 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Beautiful color you have there, and what seems right around the corner, here would be a 5 hour plus ride to find anything close. and not as good. Good deal so what part of Germany? I was in Darmstadt , for 18 months. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Magnificent specimens. Each has its own personality. Congratulations and thanks for posting all of this eye candy. Lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 terrific finds and prep, I can see why the ditch inspired a poem "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 GREAT! all the way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Great additions to the collection, Roger! Have you ever come across vertebrate material from your "ditch"? I imagine there has to be some eventually. ~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...
Ludwigia Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Thanks for your support everybody! The site is in the south of the Black Forest near the mouth of the Danube river. The Wutach river used to flow into it before the glaciers pushed everything around. Now it empties into the Rhine. Ooops! I just noticed that I got my sites mixed up. That was a description of the location of the Wutach valley. This one is in the southwesterly reaches of the Swabian Alb, or rather it lies in a beautiful valley which slices through it which was trenched out by the Ur-Danube river way back when. It lies about 50 km. to the east of the Black Forest and 50km. north of the Lake of Constance. I posted a report about it a few years ago here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/17430-stop-3-on-the-virtual-trip-to-southwest-germany/ As far as vertebrates are concerned, I'd love to find more than the 2 shark teeth to date, but unfortunately more than that is usually not to be found. It was a shallow coastal or even a lagoon-like environment at the time, so you'd think there'd be at least some small fish lying around. Maybe most of the cadavers just didn't survive the heavy scavenging or the sedimentation process. But you never know with these things... Edited April 17, 2015 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) As always, Great ammonites Roger. Are their also belemnites present in those layers? Edited April 17, 2015 by Kevin H. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Hey Roger, More very nice finds.Congrats. May we all have ditches in our lives! Regards, Chris Edited April 17, 2015 by Plantguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Great specimens for sure! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 As always, Great ammonites Roger. Are their also belemnites present in those layers? Thanks Kevin. Yes, you can find belemnites there as well. Mostly Hibolites like this one http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/35842-hibolites-semisulcatus-muenster-1830/ Hey Roger, More very nice finds.Congrats. May we all have ditches in our lives! Regards, Chris My sentiments exactly! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 "Life's a ditch!" "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 There are 2 main ones with about a foot between them which are quite prolific. I've discovered another one about 30 meters down the slope, but there were only about 2 meters available. It dips under the surface in one direction and in the other direction you'd need a backhoe to dig up the overlay in order to get at it. Just curious...are you finding the same fauna in each or do the horizons represent different ammonite 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...
Ludwigia Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Just curious...are you finding the same fauna in each or do the horizons represent different ammonite zones? The 2 main ones contain basically the same fauna, but in different proportions. The one contains mostly larger ammonites and the other more smaller and varied things. The one I can't dig any more has other species than the ones higher up. It lies about 2 meters deeper. Edited April 17, 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 April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) Got a few more ammos finished. I'll just be saving the one on the right for the collection. The others go into the trade box. And what's a sponge reef without sponges? These ones were just lying there waving at me. Edited April 18, 2015 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrz4u Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Wow i'm jealous - I have only found part of an ammonite here i Denmark - have to consider a trip Down South. Greetings Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Wow i'm jealous - I have only found part of an ammonite here i Denmark - have to consider a trip Down South. Greetings Torben You do however have great crabs, fish, etc. in your younger formations up there. But you're right, you have to wander farther south to get into ammonite territory. 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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