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Last year Kevin H. gave me some information about a good location for fossils near Barvaux (Thanks @Kevin H.:) )

Its a construction site where you can find many devonian fossils. The most common fossils are brachiopods but you can also find corals and gastropods !

Too bad that it seems that they not work there anymore ... despite of that you can still find many brachiopods.

 

Firstly some pictures of the site:
 

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And there they are !
 

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Its a pity that they are often damaged !

 

I spent there about 3 hours and found more than 300 brachiopods ! 

 

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I think more or less all are Cyrtospirifer verneuili ...

 

And here are the biggest ones: The biggest one is about 8 cm long and very massive. Its difficult to find such big ones in a good condition !

 

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This one is a very nice one becuase of the good preservation. Its about 4.5 cm long.

 

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Some more brachiopods from other angles:

 

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These three brachiopods look a bit different ... can somebody determine them?

 

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I found also some brachiopods where you can see the spiral shaped lophophores ("skeleton") of them...

 

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I can post brachiopods the whole day :wacko:

 

But I also found some corals :D

 

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

Regards Sebastian

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Here they are:

 

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I think all of them are Macgeea or? It would be great, if someone can correct me if its necessary ;)

 

This 3 cm long one has a nice structure:

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And this one is the most beautiful one ... 4 cm long.

 

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And last but not least my first gastropod from this site !

 

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It is about 2 cm long and I have no clue what specimen it is. Any help is welcome.

 

Hope you enjoyed viewing at my fiends !! :D
 

 

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

Regards Sebastian

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1 hour ago, Foozil said:

nice finds!!!:envy:

Thanks ! :D

 

1 hour ago, Wrangellian said:

Somehow the first 6 pictures aren't showing on my end...

 

1 hour ago, Foozil said:

Me neither. 

Is it better now? Sorry for my mistake.

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

Regards Sebastian

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Jeffrey P Regular Member

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Nice finds Sebastian. Congratulations. That last pic looks like a spiral gastropod. I always like to compare Europe's Devonian specimens with the ones I find here. Thanks for sharing.

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Nice finds!

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

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Thanks for the report and pictures, Sebastian. :) 

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6 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Nice finds Sebastian. Congratulations. That last pic looks like a spiral gastropod. I always like to compare Europe's Devonian specimens with the ones I find here. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Jeffrey !

By the way your finds are great ! I especially love the trilobites :wub: I also found some trilobite parts at another site in Belgium. I will show them in a few days !

 

6 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

Nice finds!

Thanks :)
 

4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Thanks for the report and pictures, Sebastian. :) 

Regards,

Great that you like them :D

 

4 hours ago, ynot said:

That is quite the haul!

Nice report and finds.:thumbsu:

Thanks @ynot:)

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

Regards Sebastian

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Those are some really nice brachiopods!  I especially like the ones where you can see the lophophore - beautiful!

 

Well done!

 

Monica

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Unless I'm mistaken, the "lophophores" you found are instead spiralia, or spiral brachidiums. These are lophophore supports which are known to be well developed in Spiriferids.

 

Nice finds, and thanks for sharing

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Kudos on your photography skills. I wish I could take such good close up shots like that.

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Rong's figuration of Ordovician eospiriferid brachidia.

(one of several nice reconstructions of eospiriferid brachidia in that article

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13 hours ago, Monica said:

Those are some really nice brachiopods!  I especially like the ones where you can see the lophophore - beautiful!

 

Well done!

 

Monica

Thanks Monica ! They are indeed very nice and not that rare.

Here is another one:

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12 hours ago, Pumpkinhead said:

Unless I'm mistaken, the "lophophores" you found are instead spiralia, or spiral brachidiums. These are lophophore supports which are known to be well developed in Spiriferids.

 

Nice finds, and thanks for sharing

Thanks for the correction. That`s very interesting !

 

12 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

Nice finds.  I love to see brachiopods. Thanks for sharing.:envy:

Thanks :D

 

10 hours ago, caldigger said:

Kudos on your photography skills. I wish I could take such good close up shots like that.

Thanks for this compliment ;) I am sure you can ! I also dont have a good equipment !

 

12 hours ago, Nimravis said:

Great finds and love the coral. Thanks for posting.

Thanks :)

 

And thanks for the pictures @doushantuo !

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

Regards Sebastian

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That's quite a haul, Sebastion. Congratulations. 

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Very cool brachiopods!

Barvaux isn't too far away from The Hague, so I guess I'll have to hunt there once!

 

Best regards,

 

Max

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On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 2:08 PM, sixgill pete said:

That's quite a haul, Sebastion. Congratulations. 

Thank you !
 

10 hours ago, nala said:

Great finds,Congrats!

Thanks :)

 

1 hour ago, Max-fossils said:

Very cool brachiopods!

Barvaux isn't too far away from The Hague, so I guess I'll have to hunt there once!

 

Best regards,

 

Max

Thanks Max ! I wish you the best of luck once you visit the location ! Its indeed a very fossiliferous area :hammer01:

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

Regards Sebastian

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I just recognized that I forgot to show you my two Hexagonaria corals from Barvaux ...

Both are about 8 cm long but I only took detailed pictures.

Here they are:

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

Regards Sebastian

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