fossilcole Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 A nice 57mm Striatolamia Macrota found 19th April 2009. A selection of the better specimens found 24th April 2009. A nice Paleophis Typhaeus (snake vertebra) I think? A slightly better picture of the smallest tooth in the selection above. I think this one is an Abdounia recticona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 nice really fresh teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Nice finds! What age are they? -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...
megateeth Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 A slightly better picture of the smallest tooth in the selection above. I think this one is an Abdounia recticona. Nice finds. Also you must have the eyes of a hawk. Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Nice finds! What age are they? Mid Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Very nice finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Are these beachcombing finds, or are you washing them out of matrix? I ask because they don't appear to have surf-wear. "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...
ShadyW Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 You make me SO homesick! I miss Chichester and the Southern coastline... but at least we get good fossils here in North Texas. Every complex scientific problem has an elegant and simple solution... and it is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadyW Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Are these beachcombing finds, or are you washing them out of matrix? I ask because they don't appear to have surf-wear. The beach at Bracklesham bay has clay banks just off shore, and VERY mild waves/tides due to a very, very gentle beach gradient, so the fossils get hardly any wear before they wash up on the long, flat sand/clay shoreline. It's one of those beaches where the tide goes out about 1/2 a mile at low tide! Every complex scientific problem has an elegant and simple solution... and it is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 The Bracklesham fossils are amazing as to preservation and the molluscan diversity is astounding. Some of the molluscks can hardly be distinguished from the ones found on the US coastal plains, particularly the Stone City formation at the Whiskey Bridge on the Brazos River in Burleson County, Texas. Hey Fossilcole, post some more pictures of your Bracklesham fossils. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Are these beachcombing finds, or are you washing them out of matrix? I ask because they don't appear to have surf-wear. A bit of both. Generally these fossils are washed out from the London Clay. On good tides some of the clay sometimes gets exposed and teeth etc can be found in situ. Generally, I just loose pick from the beach. In situ seraching is back breaking. There is a limit to what my back and knees will take. Spring tides are better on parts of the beach but I wish I could work out how the sand gets moved around. I've studied it for years and it is still a mystery. The tide times, wind speed and direction and atmospheric pressure plus sea currents all play there parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 You make me SO homesick!I miss Chichester and the Southern coastline... but at least we get good fossils here in North Texas. Are you sure its not the warm beer you miss?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 The Bracklesham fossils are amazing as to preservation and the molluscan diversity is astounding. Some of the molluscks can hardly be distinguished from the ones found on the US coastal plains, particularly the Stone City formation at the Whiskey Bridge on the Brazos River in Burleson County, Texas. Hey Fossilcole, post some more pictures of your Bracklesham fossils. JKFoam Check out www.dmap.co.uk/fossils and look at the Bracklesham section. There are quite a few fossils from my collection on this site. I normally concentrate of teeth etc but have been known to pick up a mollusc or two!!! I found some nice pyritised ones today and I will take some pics from my limited mollusc collection. Thanks for your interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Very nice finds. Thank you. I was not too sure that folks in the US would be interested in "stuff" from the UK. It is nice to compare notes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Are you sure its not the warm beer you miss?? Is it true that Brits like warm beer because your refrigerators are made by Lucas? "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...
ShadyW Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Are you sure its not the warm beer you miss?? I do really, REALLY miss the beer, but you'd be surprised at how good some of the local Texan beers are. Nothing like the p*** that gets exported as "American beer" to the UK. Have a pint of Badger Bitter or HSB for me next time you're in the pub... and make it a workday lunchtime pint, just to really hammer home the cultural differences between here and there! Every complex scientific problem has an elegant and simple solution... and it is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Is it true that Brits like warm beer because your refrigerators are made by Lucas? We don't waste time chilling it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 I do really, REALLY miss the beer, but you'd be surprised at how good some of the local Texan beers are. Nothing like the p*** that gets exported as "American beer" to the UK.Have a pint of Badger Bitter or HSB for me next time you're in the pub... and make it a workday lunchtime pint, just to really hammer home the cultural differences between here and there! Ok ... there is no such thing as "A PINT" ... one is never enough!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Newman Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 We don't waste time chilling it!!! Actually the reason we like warm beer is because its so ruddy cold in this country – I was down the beach this morning [5am] and got accosted by a monkey asking if I did welding!!! Sorry better explain to our colonial cousins ‘it’s cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey’ is an old English saying, yer I know we weird!!!! Chris I assume you have seen the mass exposure from E3 right up to E7? Its spectacularly, fortunately haven’t seen any of those boring ‘pointy things’ [teeth], but have found some really interesting molluscs. Jan found a nautilus, about a foot across! She found it I was the silly bugger that had to dig it up and carry the ruddy things back to the car…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Actually the reason we like warm beer is because its so ruddy cold in this country – I was down the beach this morning [5am] and got accosted by a monkey asking if I did welding!!! Sorry better explain to our colonial cousins ‘it’s cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey’ is an old English saying, yer I know we weird!!!! Chris I assume you have seen the mass exposure from E3 right up to E7? Its spectacularly, fortunately haven’t seen any of those boring ‘pointy things’ [teeth], but have found some really interesting molluscs. Jan found a nautilus, about a foot across! She found it I was the silly bugger that had to dig it up and carry the ruddy things back to the car…… Hi Chris Newman, did you get wet on the outside this morning? I got reasonably drenched at West Beach this morning. The southerly wind was driving the tide in and covering up some of the exposures. Check out the www.trg.org reports section. Nautilus sounds good. Even I might have bent over for that one!!! Cheers ... Chris Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Newman Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hi Chris Newman, did you get wet on the outside this morning? I got reasonably drenched at West Beach this morning. The southerly wind was driving the tide in and covering up some of the exposures. Check out the www.trg.org reports section. Nautilus sounds good. Even I might have bent over for that one!!! Cheers ... Chris Cole Hi Chris I did, ruddy wet and cold, also the wind the tide didn’t recede too far. Jan did the evening tide, said that it appeared to be covering up again! Much exposure at west beach, anything that would excite me? The nautilus is stunning, by far the biggest and best I have ever seen from there – could be near complete! Jan will start working on it today, will post some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcole Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hi ChrisI did, ruddy wet and cold, also the wind the tide didn’t recede too far. Jan did the evening tide, said that it appeared to be covering up again! Much exposure at west beach, anything that would excite me? The nautilus is stunning, by far the biggest and best I have ever seen from there – could be near complete! Jan will start working on it today, will post some pics. I look forward to seeing the pic(s). What bed was it out of? E7?? May see you down there tonight. West Beach started to cover up with the southerly wind, but there was still a reasonable amount of exposure at the top end of the beach about 200m west of the club house. There were patches of mollusc evidence in the oxidised clay (brown) but nothing overtly spectacular that would warrant an urgent visit. The declining tides (0.8m) tonight probably will not be good enough to do Selsey tonight anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Newman Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I look forward to seeing the pic(s). What bed was it out of? E7?? May see you down there tonight.West Beach started to cover up with the southerly wind, but there was still a reasonable amount of exposure at the top end of the beach about 200m west of the club house. There were patches of mollusc evidence in the oxidised clay (brown) but nothing overtly spectacular that would warrant an urgent visit. The declining tides (0.8m) tonight probably will not be good enough to do Selsey tonight anyway. The nautilus was from E4, not E7, there was a buddy nearby but sadly he washed away over night. Jan and I will be down there tonight, will pass on Selsey, although I might suggest that Jan does the walk, she needs the exercise – not that I would say that or she might hit me, again!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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