Jump to content

More Triassic Ammonoids prep. (Not the same that those of Andreas ;-))


Nothos

Recommended Posts

Hi fossils friends,

 

here is a little taphonomic accumulation plate with many Olenekian (lower Triassic) Ammonoids.

It comes from the Vikinghøgda Formation - Sassendalen group (Sassendalen valley - Spitsbergen island - Svalbard archipelago - Norway)

Most of the Ammonoids are Svalbardiceras spitzbergensis (Freblod, 1930). Associated on the plate is an unidentified orthoconic Nautiloid (never seen this in the associated litterature), a bivalve and a partial Ammonoid from the Hedenstroemiidae family (at the top-left).

Size of the plate is 11,5 X 9,5 cm.

I prepared it with my Dremel engraver in about 8 hours.

Spitzberg3.jpg

Spitzberg4.jpg

18197401_10156065207603452_961332208_n.jpg

18197510_10156065207533452_702161160_n.jpg

18197759_10156065207688452_365277602_n.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow, that is quite a mortality plate!

Very nice. :wub: 

Thanks for posting! 

    Tim    VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

   MOTM.png.61350469b02f439fd4d5d77c2c69da85.png      PaleoPartner.png.30c01982e09b0cc0b7d9d6a7a21f56c6.png.a600039856933851eeea617ca3f2d15f.png     Postmaster1.jpg.900efa599049929531fa81981f028e24.jpg    VFOTM.png.f1b09c78bf88298b009b0da14ef44cf0.png  VFOTM APRIL - 2015  

__________________________________________________
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~   ><))))( *>  About Me      

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is stunning! Love the cephalopod. :drool:

Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That is a very impressive cephalopod slab and the preparation brought out its beauty. Nice job and thanks for sharing it. Would love to see more Triassic material from Spitzbergen.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Great assemblage!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

:popcorn: John

I had a friend once, but the wheels fell off. Sad, very sad. - Nightwing

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Interesting... How do you acquire stuff from Svalbard? Like Roger said, you don't see much stuff from that remote location. Olenekian is pretty soon after the P/T extinction, too!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi fossil friends, sorry for the late answer.

 

Well 1st, I would thank you all for your congrats !

 

I collect only Permian and Triassic Cephalopods, and as we say "He who seeks finds" ;)

But for sure, this material is quite unusual. I was lucky to find some on european shows, and for the last lot I acquired (to which belong the plate and some other isolated Ammonoids), I got it from a friend who dug there a few years ago. 

 

I attach a few photos of Spitsberg material from my collection. Most of the Ammonoids are quite small, rarely more than 5 cm.

 

Also a photo of the digging place, Sassendalen is a valley on the west center coast of Spitsberg.

 

 

SPIT1.jpg

SPIT2.jpg

SPIT3.jpg

SPIT.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...