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Teeth and more from Antwerp


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The last two weeks i was on vacation in the Netherlands. I was there with my whole family so i couldnt search that much  ...

The best location was near Antwerp (Belgium). There was desposited sand from the Westerschelde (with fossils).

Unfortunately, the times in abundance are over and its very overgrown now, but at a few places you can still find something ....

 

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Looks good ....

 

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The best method is to dig a bit and sieve the material. 

Now my finds ...

I found many shark teeth, bones and other cool things. Most of the shark teeth are very small and often they are damaged or unrolled.

In two times i was there i found some good teeth with a length between 2-5 cm.

 

Here you can see some: (sry on the top right corner are teeth from Vlissingen)

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I tried to determine some of them so please correct me :)
 

Detailed pictures:

 

A nice 3.6 cm long teeth ... think it could be Isurus oxyrinchus.

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Cosmopolitodus ? The tooth is 2.3 cm long.

 

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 This tooth was very common, but i dont know the name ...  (Length: between 1 until 2 cm)

 

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Carcharias acutissimus (1.6 cm long)

 

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Carcharoides catticus (1.8 cm long)

 

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And the last shark tooth i want to show (for now) is this very small (0.5 cm long) Notorhynchus sp. :RSCN1187777798.JPG

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Besides the shark teeth i found also other teeth like ray teeth.

 

This ray teeth is one of the better one with a lenght of 1.2 cm ....

 

Myliobatis sp.

 

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I also found many tops of dolphin teeth, but only two complete specimens ....

 

This is the better one: ( about 2 cm long)

 

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Last but not least i want to show you some bones i pick up there ...

There are many whale bones, but many are damaged so i only take five along ...

 

The first one is 10 cm big ...

 

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The next one is bigger ....

 

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And i think this is a little bird bone ... ( 3 cm long)

 

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Thanks for viewing ! Hope you enjoy :)

 

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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18 minutes ago, StevenJDennis said:

Very cool finds Sebastian, thanks for showing us!

Thanks !

 

1 minute ago, ynot said:

Congratulations on the successful hunt!

Nice finds, I really like that Notorynchus sp. tooth!!

 

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Thanks Tony ! Also one of my favourites :)

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Fantastic fossils,Sebastian :) !!!

On the first pic I think I see two naticidae gastropods.

About the 3rd picture's teeth, I think they belonged to the well-known sand tiger shark ( carcharias taurus), but I'm not sure.

 

Regards,

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2 hours ago, Guguita said:

Fantastic fossils,Sebastian :) !!!

On the first pic I think I see two naticidae gastropods.

About the 3rd picture's teeth, I think they belonged to the well-known sand tiger shark (carcharias taurus), but I'm not sure.

 

Regards,

Thanks guguita :)

Thanks for the Id of the gastropods ... i think i know which you mean. Do you think that they are fossil ?

Also thanks for the Id of teeth ! I think you are right ....

 

2 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Nice finds!

Thanks !

 

57 minutes ago, Angie said:

Nice finds Sebastian! You've found a very nice Notorynchus :) 

Thanks for the kind words !

 

 

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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8 minutes ago, belemniten said:

Thanks guguita :)

Thanks for the Id of the gastropods ... i think i know which you mean. Do you think that they are fossil ?

Also thanks for the Id of teeth ! I think you are right ....

 

Thanks !

 

Thanks for the kind words !

 

 

Yes, they're probably fossils

 

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Nice haul.  Thanks for the locality pictures, very cool.  I'm especially fond of the notorynchus symphyseal.  Excellent collecting day.

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4 hours ago, Guguita said:

Yes, they're probably fossils

 

Thanks for your ID !

 

4 hours ago, Anchiornis said:

That's amazing!

Thank you !

 

3 hours ago, Troodon said:

Nice haul.  Thanks for the locality pictures, very cool.  I'm especially fond of the notorynchus symphyseal.  Excellent collecting day.

Great that you like the finds and the photos ! Thanks for the kind words !

 

3 hours ago, JohnBrewer said:

That's a great haul, thanks for sharing :)

Thanks John :)

I want to show you this little Galeocerdo :

 

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Small (0.8 cm), but nice :)

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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5 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said:

Really nice Sebastian and great photography!

Oh thanks John ! Never thought that I become a compliment for my photography :)

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Very nice. The symphyseal is my favorite.

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