German fossils from the garage

[Plantguy]

So most of the Christmas decorations--at least the outside ones are down! and I got sidetracked again when I went into the garage to put the decorations away. Started to move fossil boxes around and found myself looking in the dang things...I was thinking some of this stuff needs to go in a case and started to photograph some of it and make sure the labels were with them. I've still got some work to do but thought I'd show you much of it...could be a few pieces on the other side of the garage but here's the bulk of what I have from Germany... This collection started many years ago and as I've never been there to collect personally my distant relatives immigrated from there and another good friend influenced me with her German collections so thru Gifts, trades and purchases here you go.  Hoping there is something in here you havent seen before. File names have Genus and location. 

Some small vertebrates...

An amphibian and similar sized small fish. 

Most of a dragonfly

Some crustaceans from Solnhofen

Some plants

Some belemnites

 

[Plantguy]

Another plant from Solnhofen and several other invertebrates

Some Dendrites !!  Love them outlining the plant trace from Solnhofen!

Lastly some ammonite material. 

 

If you see anything that is mis-id'd or has bump info in the file names please let me know. Enjoy. 

Thanks, Chris 

[snolly50]

Enjoyed seeing those - too nice for boxes in the garage!

[Bobby Rico]

Great collection @Plantguy if they was my fossil I would give them pride of place in my home. 

 

Thanks for sharing. Bobby 

[fossilized6s]

Nice stuff, Chris. I agree with the others, too nice for boxes. Haha

[ynot]

Wonderful Deutschlander fossils. Makes for a nice collection. 

[Uncle Siphuncle]

Killer stuff!  I’ve collected there twice, and most of your German collection is better than mine.

[Plantguy]

36 minutes ago, snolly50 said:

Enjoyed seeing those - too nice for boxes in the garage!

 

31 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Great collection @Plantguy if they was my fossil I would give them pride of place in my home. 

 

Thanks for sharing. Bobby 

 

19 minutes ago, fossilized6s said:

Nice stuff, Chris. I agree with the others, too nice for boxes. Haha

 

16 minutes ago, ynot said:

Wonderful Deutschlander fossils. Makes for a nice collection. 

 

9 minutes ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

Killer stuff!  I’ve collected there twice, and most of your German collection is better than mine.

Thanks all. Im hopeful to get this stuff inside soon. Been an idea for along time...My dang dinosaur egg has been sitting in the garage for many many years and it wasnt until the grandson showed up that I drug it out.(another purchase quite awhile ago)..As I said many time before I get sidetracked...Im currently watching the end of the Saints game and waiting for the SpaceX live launch in 10 minutes or so and looking at this forum and doing bills....I guess I'm out of control... Thanks for all the positive comments. 

 

Regards, Chris 

[Jeffrey P]

A really excellent collection there. I especially love the plant specimens and the belemnites. Thanks for sharing.

[Miocene_Mason]

Nice stuff, like the branchiosaurid and the ammonite coprolite (didn’t know ammonite coprolites existed, gunna have to go on my “to buy or find” list)

[Fossildude19]

Fantastic collection, Chris! 

Those brittle stars are something else!  

Thanks for showing us.

[doushantuo]

What a purty collecshun.

Agree with Tim and Snolly.

[Wrangellian]

Germany has a nice variety of stuff.. and it looks like you've got a pretty high-quality cross-section of what's available there. Get it inside asap!

 

[Kasia]

5 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

Nice stuff, like the branchiosaurid and the ammonite coprolite (didn’t know ammonite coprolites existed, gunna have to go on my “to buy or find” list)

Hi @WhodamanHD

I have a specimen of this kind from Solnhofen - PM me, if you are interested

 

Kasia

[Troodon]

Wow super collection its beautiful, yep much to nice for gargage duty needs to be prominent in the house.

[Kane]

Wow... excellent stuff tucked away there. I particularly like those crustaceans from Solnhofen.

 

Since they are already in boxes, you can always just slap a shipping label on and send them to my house.  

[PFOOLEY]

I'm glad you got sidetracked...thank you for the show. 

 

That belemnite cross section is nifty.

[Ludwigia]

You've got some great stuff there, Chris, some of which is not easy to get at directly nowadays except through purchasing.

[FossilDAWG]

If you have fossils of that quality languishing in the garage, your "indoor collection" must be out of this world.

 

Don

[michele 1937]

Compliments

[RJB]

Gobs of nice fossils!  and what everyone else said, "too nice for boxes". 

 

RB

[jcbshark]

Wow Chris l, some awesome stuff you ve got there. Love the dragonflies and starfish

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[jpc]

Excellent garage finds.