6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 So as some of you may know, the good Dr has been back in New Zealand and we have had 2 incredible trips so far with the results being accepted by the Canterbury Museum for prep and identification!! So I took the opportunity of a day off work to take the Good Dr and a friend to a local spot for a nosey around looking for more great Gastropod hash plates like I have all around my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Finally we found the source of the hash plates I have been stumbling across for the last few years... (scale dog for scale..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Would love to know the age and reasons for these layers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 I found the biggest shells I have ever seen, so we had to get to work extracting them... The Good Dr. is a legend with the hammer and chisel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Once we smacked that chunk out of the wall (thanks @Doctor Mud ) - we went & investigate our friends find... some bone in the lower layers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Those concrete layers are just that, concrete! Took a bit of work, and just turned out to be a fragment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Where was this found? Wanganui? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 And a handful of has plates etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ix Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 More Hash - 2nd one in is greensand with a "thing" I plan investigating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Edited, weird repost , some glitch. Meanwhile: that looks awesome!!! Nice report!! Stratigraphic condensation might be the case here\If Castlecliffian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Wow these are awesome! I really want to go fossiling in NZ one day I think @Max-fossils might like this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I have to say @6ix is also a legend in the 4WD department! What a great trip. It's been great hanging out with 6ix while I've been in NZ. "Scale Dog" is also great value in the field. Although she lost her tennis ball while we were crossing a river in the 4WD, she was sad for about 5 mins. Found an old paper I'll send you 6ix it describes the stratigraphy in great detail. Late Miocene early Pliocene marine through to Quaternary terrestrial fluvial. The mollusk assemblage here is amazing! Such diversity and preservation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 good trip guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Great trip report,thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Ha, scale dog... Nice finds. I wonder if those Shelly layers correspond with the ones over here at Calvert cliffs. Bet at least some do, if they are tied to the climate cycles. “...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, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Good report, Gentlemen! Thanks for posting. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER 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 More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Nice to see scenery of New Zealand not seen in travel brochures. Does the stream hold trout for @Darktooth. I also love hash plates and you have found some beautiful ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Very nice! @6ix, are there some bones in there as well? "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Very nice trip! Lovely finds too, especially this image made my mouth water: Any clue on what the species could be? Anyways thanks for the report and nice pictures! Max (And thanks @Foozil for tagging me; I did enjoy this thread! ) Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Awesome trip report thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Fun stuff. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Interesting report and some great finds! @minnbuckeye. I have watched many videos about fishing for wild trout in New Zealand. I would love to fish the rivers and streams there. Now I have a second reason to want to go. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 @Darktooth, if there is room in the car, let me know. New Zealand is a country I would love to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Very interesting report and great finds. Thank you for posting. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyouthinkhesaurusRex Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Thanks for posting your great finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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