Holy Siphuncle!

[Ludwigia 6,943]

At the moment I have the pleasure of accompanying TFF member Jeffrey P and 2 friends on their fossil hunting forage over here in Germany. I've given them a few tips and also managed to free myself up for the day yesterday and took them to the Kimmeridgian site in the upper Danube valley for a bit of digging and delving. I think they were quite content with the experience since they treated me to a nice meal at their hotel afterwards Also Jeff's friend Ralph was nice enough to pass on a well-preserved Taramelliceras sp. ammonite to me as a token of thanks which he had found. He noticed how enthused I was by it, so he graciously offered it to me. At first I thought it was a particular species which I've never found in the divisum zone before, but I realized after closer scrutiny at home that it's rather a Taramelliceras compsum, which occurs there occasionally. Nevertheless, I'm happy to be in posession of it, since it's the largest and best preserved one I have to date and it also distinctly shows the well preserves calcified siphuncle.

 

 

[Darktooth 4,951]

That is a lovely ammo! Very nice of you to show Jeff and his friends around.

[ynot 7,240]

Nice Roger, on both accounts!

[Ludwigia 6,943]

22 hours ago, Darktooth said:

That is a lovely ammo! Very nice of you to show Jeff and his friends around.

 

19 hours ago, ynot said:

Nice Roger, on both accounts!

 

Thanks, guys

[PFOOLEY 2,790]

 

Edit: ...on both accounts.

Edited May 11, 2017 by PFOOLEY

[Ludwigia 6,943]

6 hours ago, PFOOLEY said:

 

Edit: ...on both accounts.

[doushantuo 4,259]

i can get better looking siphuncles at my local supermarket

[Ludwigia 6,943]

7 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

i can get better looking siphuncles at my local supermarket

The Dutch are not all that well known for their high cuisine

[doushantuo 4,259]

need i post this,BTW?Haven't checked Fruitbat's yet

[Jeffrey P 3,000]

Very nice ammonite Roger. It was an honor to be there when Ralph found it. Thanks for all of your great assistance and an over all very enjoyable experience. Wonderful meeting you in person and collecting with you. Went to Buttenheim today. So much to tell and show.

[Ludwigia 6,943]

11 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

Very nice ammonite Roger. It was an honor to be there when Ralph found it. Thanks for all of your great assistance and an over all very enjoyable experience. Wonderful meeting you in person and collecting with you. Went to Buttenheim today. So much to tell and show.

 

Hi Jeff. Nice to hear from you. I hope you made good finds at Buttenheim. I'm in the middle of prepping your finds and I'm sure they'll be finished before you come back down here. Can you please do me a favor and ask Ralph to let me know exactly where he found the ammonite in the photo below.

 

[Jeffrey P 3,000]

Hi Roger, looks like a nice prep job on the ammonites. The second one, according to Ralph, was found at the Achtdorf site, the one with the very steep incline and the ammonite quarry at the top. Because of weight concerns, Ralph wondered if it's not too much trouble you could remove the outer whorl without damaging it. Either way, thank you for your help so far. 

[belemniten 1,077]

 Nice ammonites ! Glad to hear that you were successful 

[Ludwigia 6,943]

2 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Hi Roger, looks like a nice prep job on the ammonites. The second one, according to Ralph, was found at the Achtdorf site, the one with the very steep incline and the ammonite quarry at the top. Because of weight concerns, Ralph wondered if it's not too much trouble you could remove the outer whorl without damaging it. Either way, thank you for your help so far. 

 

I've just sent you a PM about that.

[Ludwigia 6,943]

1 hour ago, belemniten said:

 Nice ammonites ! Glad to hear that you were successful 

 

Thanks, Sebastian. Too bad you can't accompany them yourself. They really are a nice and very interesting group of people.