My New Collection! Ammonites, Orthoceras, And Teeth!

[Too Many Choices]

First fossil I owned, probably had it since I was 8 or 10. Thought I'd lost it for years!

I bought these 'Shaligrams' from Nepal in January! Both halves join together perfectly! Both have a little pyrite. There are so many of these for sale in Kathmandu, all different sizes and everything, you have to trawl through dusty containers and pull apart each one until you find a good one!

Ammonite sp.

Orthoceras sp.

Spinosaurid Tooth (crappy quality, but it was the first tooth I'd bought and I didn't really know what to look for, bigger isn't always better I guess):

Mosasaur Tooth (Second tooth I bought, aimed for more complete enamel and less glue, still there were nicer ones there, but the size grabbed me):

If you want to see any more detail on any of them, let me know and I'll upload some close up photos!

[Too Many Choices]

Sorry just read the photo posting guide, not quite sure how to resize images but will make sure I do next time

[Dave pom Allen]

your Orthoceras sp looks like a phragmacone to me, open to,suggestion.

[Ludwigia]

I'd go along with Dave on that "Orthoceras". It's more likely that it's a belemnite phragmocone. I found an interesting website article on the subject of these Nepalese concretions where even they make the mistake (in my eyes) of calling it Orthoceras, although they clearly state that the concretions originate from the Tithonian, the youngest stage of the Jurassic age. Straight-shelled nautiloida like Orthoceras had died out long before then, however, leaving a belemnite phragmocone as the most logical solution.

http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.turnstone.ca/sal-1a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.turnstone.ca/rom139fo.htm&h=796&w=1440&tbnid=nga2uDQor9GyRM:&zoom=1&tbnh=90&tbnw=163&usg=__O9aHZ0lafKGYLcIv1q-VY-K6M8A=&docid=7UYT_tDyiU2mBM

[NZ_Fossil_Collecta]

That first ammonite... *tears up* its.... its beautiful....

[Too Many Choices]

Thanks all!

your Orthoceras sp looks like a phragmacone to me, open to,suggestion.

I'd go along with Dave on that "Orthoceras". It's more likely that it's a belemnite phragmocone. I found an interesting website article on the subject of these Nepalese concretions where even they make the mistake (in my eyes) of calling it Orthoceras, although they clearly state that the concretions originate from the Tithonian, the youngest stage of the Jurassic age. Straight-shelled nautiloida like Orthoceras had died out long before then, however, leaving a belemnite phragmocone as the most logical solution.

http://www.google.de...=7UYT_tDyiU2mBM

That's the link that I identified it off! Thanks for the correction