The Amateur Paleontologist Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Hi everyone! This summer I will go for a week-long expedition to the chalk coastline of Møns Klint, in Denmark. I've already gathered some reference material (including Skrivekridtets fossiler, a Danish book on chalk fossils; Fossils of the Chalk; and several other books and articles). What I hope most to find during this field trip include the following: -Decapod crustacean remains -Echinoderms (regular echinoids, asteroids and crinoids especially) -Ammonites; especially baculitids and Acanthoscaphites tridens -Belemnites -Fish remains (osteichtyans and condrichtyans) And of course... -Mosasaur remains! I still need advice on chalk fossil preparation (note: the chalk at M. K. is very, very soft). Also, how do we remove fossiliferous chalk blocks from an outcrop? Finally, for those who know better the place; where would be the best locations at M. K. to find the fossils listed above? Thanks for any help, Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Chris,DGF is freely available online.Might be useful to look .... http://2dgf.dk/dgf_uk/main.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Chris,DGF is freely available online.Might be useful to look .... http://2dgf.dk/dgf_uk/main.html Thanks for the help! Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull54.pdf http://www.diva-portal.se/smash/get/diva2:701862/FULLTEXT01.pdf http://www.geus.dk/DK/publications/geol-survey-dk-gl-bull/17/Documents/nr17_p29-32.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 from Cret.Res.: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258549917_Upper_Campanian-Maastrichtian_holostratigraphy_of_the_eastern_Danish_Basin http://publicationslist.org/data/jesper.milan/ref-149/43%20-%20Milan%20et%20al%202015%20-%20Coprolite%20from%20Stevns.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237666422_Bivalves_from_the_white_chalk_Maastrichtian_of_Denmark_III_Cuspidariidae http://palaeo-electronica.org/2004_1/chalk/chalk.pdf background info: http://bora.uib.no/bitstream/handle/1956/5393/42014%20Gennaro%20part%201.pdf?sequence=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 http://foreninger.uio.no/ngf/FOS/pdfs/F&S_20.pdf http://orbit.dtu.dk/files/4696532/MR2007-134.pdf more background,offshore: http://www.geus.dk/DK/publications/geol-survey-dk-gl-bull/25/Documents/nr25_p01-60.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 There is a nice book about the chalk of Ruegen, which is quite similar in some faunal issues to the danish chalk: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233386528_Die_Fauna_und_Flora_der_Rugener_Schreibkreide_Maastrichtium_Ostsee_The_fauna_and_flora_of_the_Rugen_White_Chalk_Maastrichtian_Baltic_Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Thanks.Anything written by Mike Reich can't be all that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 There is a nice book about the chalk of Ruegen, which is quite similar in some faunal issues to the danish chalk: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233386528_Die_Fauna_und_Flora_der_Rugener_Schreibkreide_Maastrichtium_Ostsee_The_fauna_and_flora_of_the_Rugen_White_Chalk_Maastrichtian_Baltic_Sea Thanks (even though the pictures are the easiest to understand -- my German is not that good…) Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phevo Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I replied on your other post aswell. I can guarantee you will find Echinoids, belemnites and burrows, the rest is a little tall order to fill though I would highly recommend you to spend at least one day in Fakse Kalkbrud which is a quarry that i open to the public year round. The odds of finding fish remains (mainly teeth) and ammonites is much greater there, though I have found a few ammonites on Møns klint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 To get to the site of the most recent slide, once we've gone down the long staircase to the beach, do we need to turn left or right? Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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