Winterwork Finish

[andreas]

Today I finished prepwork done during wintertime. Three bigger multiplates with Ladinian ammonoids and some smaller ones of Ladinian, Carnian and Norian age.

Now the field season 2016 can start.

[belemniten]

Awesome fossils ! Great prep !

Good luck and many finds for 2016

[Raggedy Man]

Wow!

[Fossildude19]

Wonderful finds and prep work, Andreas!

Thanks for showing them to us.

Regards,

[DE&i]

Very nice Andreas good work.

[PFOOLEY]

Quite remarkable specimens and prep.

Before you run off to start that new field season, how about some close up photos of your wonderful finds?

[Ludwigia]

Wow, those are real doozies, Andreas!!! Please show us some more close-ups, particularly of the other 2 multiblocks. I wish you Good Hunting!!

[andreas]

Thank you for your comments!

Thank you for your comments!

Both multiblocks are from the same location but maybe there is a slight difference in age. Both are Ladinian in age and occur together with the index ammonoids Protrachyceras archelaus and Prot. longobardicum.

Last descendents of Ptychites(at least one or two Species, that is hard to tell because they change their shape in different growth stadiums) are also common.

The big ammonoid on my first post closeup and the big Ptychites on this pic are the same species. The smaller the more roundish in shape this Ptychites are.

The second block comes probably from the edge of this fossil lense where current accumulation was stronger. Mostly flat forms were resedimented. The enriched brownisch oxidic crust(hardground) below the ammonoids points to that idea too.

Edited April 8, 2016 by andreas

[RJB]

Very cool lookin ammo multi specimens!

RB

[Ptychodus04]

Very nice.

[jpc]

Beautiful... now it is time to go find more.

[Ludwigia]

Thanks, Andreas. Very nice and a lot of work, I'm sure!

[JohnBrewer]

Amazing ammos and amazing prep!

[Xiphactinus]

I love the colors!!! Works of art. Nicely done

[Wrangellian]

Works of art for sure - they are not only remarkable clusters, remarkably prepped, but aesthetically pleasing too, as if Nature herself did it. (Can't say that about all prep jobs)