Jaimin013 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 This is an outstanding collection. Excellent work and it must have taken a long time to collect such fine specimens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Hello your lytoceras from France is a Perilytoceras jurense (Zieten) zone a thouarsense Belmont (Rhone) ,reference bibliographique: Biostratigraphie et paleontologie du Lias et du Dogger de la region Lyonnaise ,auteur Louis Rulleau 2006. I hope that its complit your determination Best wishes 1 J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Some nice stuff indeed! and lots of it! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Mmmmm! Love that Campanile! One of these days.... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Your new amber pictures are awesome Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Cool adds really like that Campanile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Love the amber, just beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 So many beautiful things! I love the Campanile, reminds me of some relatives who share their name with it. “...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...
gigantoraptor Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 I went to the fossil fair in Sint-Gillis-Waas today. It was very fun, and I met some interesting people today, including @Manticocerasman. I got some fossils today. 1: Vinctifer comptoni, Santana formation, Ceara, Brazil. 2: Two Proleymeriella schrammeni from Nedersaksen, Germany. The inner part is very good visible. 3: Nearly two inch long Palaeocarcharodon orientalis from Khouribga. 4: Squalicorax sp. Told to be from Congo. I don't find any information on Squalicorax from Congo. Anyone else? 5: Very tiny Squalicorax sp. tooth from Russia, Federovka village. 6: Hollardops mesocristata, Hamar Lagdad formation, Morocco. I hope you like them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: I went to the fossil fair in Sint-Gillis-Waas today. It was very fun, and I met some interesting people today, including @Manticocerasman. I got some fossils today I hope you like them. I do. Very nice acquisitions. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Looks like You had a good time at that show. Wonderful acquisitions. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 So it was you with the large box with the fish If I had knew we could have a longer chat. Are you coming on the fieldtrip to Lompret with the club? My aquisitions were books.. lots of books growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 13 minutes ago, Manticocerasman said: So it was you with the large box with the fish If I had knew we could have a longer chat. Are you coming on the fieldtrip to Lompret with the club? My aquisitions were books.. lots of books Yep, that was me . My mom was happy when she saw me getting out of the car with two small ammonites and three shark teeth... until I went back and took that box out of the car. I probably can't make it to Lompret. It's a pretty long drive and I'll probabely have to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 7 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: Yep, that was me . My mom was happy when she saw me getting out of the car with two small ammonites and three shark teeth... until I went back and took that box out of the car. I probably can't make it to Lompret. It's a pretty long drive and I'll probabely have to work. What area from Belgium are you from ? With a little luck you have some fossil hunting spots in your area. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Manticocerasman said: What area from Belgium are you from ? With a little luck you have some fossil hunting spots in your area. I am from West-Vlaanderen. Closest I know is Egem but that one is not available anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: I am from West-Vlaanderen. Closest I know is Egem but that one is not available anymore. Lol, that's where I live. I used to live near Brussels, but now I live in Waregem. There is an other geology club here : Lithos in Harelbeke. And yes Egem is closed now, there used to be very nice sharkteeth in that location. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Manticocerasman said: Lol, that's where I live. I used to live near Brussels, but now I live in Waregem. There is an other geology club here : Lithos in Harelbeke. Yeah, I know Lithos, but I prefer the BVP actually. I live close to Diksmuide if you know that. I might be able to get to rumst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Some new aquisitions from a while back but I forgot to post them. First: A new lungfish tooth from the Kem Kem Compound Assemblage. Ceratodus humei (right). If my ID on the left one is correct that means I have all described lungfish species from the KKCA present in my collection. Next: Two Ceratarges armatus and one Ceratarges ziregensis (Or a C. armatus with a spine on the pygidium missing). Two are complete but the last one is missing one spine. Next: A roothed Crocodylimorph tooth. Cf. Dyrosaurus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebu Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Great collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 I went to a fossil fair in Gent today. Most of the stands have minerals but there are always some very good fossil sellers also. First: a very beautifel vertebra from the Oulad Abdoun Basin in Khouribga. Sold as Mosasaur but might be Dyrosaurus sp. Very interesting either way. Will be fun to find out. Second: Another vertebra. This time from the Kem Kem beds. It's hardly glued and certainly not a composite. Will also be intersting to find out the previous owner. Third: Big Elosuchus cherifiensis tooth. Very nice size and I've been wanting one for a long time. Fourth: Big jaw from the Kem Kem beds. Likely crocodile. Fifth: Two shark teeth from the Eocene phosphate mine of Kpogamé- Hahotoé in Togo. I did not have anything from this country before. Galeocerdo eaglesomei and Serratolamna koerti. Last: A whole lot of bones from the Kem Kem beds. There is a partial fish skull (top left) from probably Calamopleurus africanus. There is a piece I think will be a frontal of an amphibian and there are also a lot of bones that I will have to study more. Thanks for looking. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Nice additions for Your collection. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 Cyphaspis boutscharafinense. The left eye should be atropied in a natural way. Phaetonellus planicauda from the Anti-Atlas mountain. Probably the rarest trilobite or even fossil in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggycardon Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 For some reason I hadn't seen this topic before, but what an amazing collection! Really love the Khouribga & Kem Kem material and the cockroach in burmese amber! Interested in all things paleontology, geology, zoology, evolution, natural history and science! Professional exotic pet keeper, huge fantasy geek, explorer of the microfossil realm, member of the BVP (Belgian Association for Paleontology), Volunteer prepper at Oertijdmuseum Boxtel. View my collection topic here: The Growing Collection of Ziggycardon My animal collection at the "Members pet" topic Ziggycardon's exploration of the microfossil realm Trips to Eben Emael (Maastrichtian of Belgium) My latest fossil hunt Next project will be a dedicated prepping space. "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." - Tyrion Lannister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I missed this topic until now, too. I agree with the others: Don't sell yourself short - your collection might be better than many older folks' collections! I'm in my 40s and been collecting since I was a kid, but I don't know how you and certain other members do it - you've either got a lot more money than I do (quite likely), and/or you've got access to better/cheaper fossils and minerals than I have. The usual auction site seems to be a seller's market. Shipping costs alone have made most things unaffordable, lately. You may not be interested, but are you able to get any Ediacaran/Vendian stuff in your area for prices that don't break the bank? Or Precambrian stromatolites for that matter? Just curious.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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