FranzBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Hello, a few weeks ago, I uploaded two fossils from "Höllerkogel-18" to the collection. Last thursday (08/16/2018) I visited this outcrop again. It is a tiny outcrop (about 1-2 square meters) in a densely wooded, very dark and very steep area southwest of St. Josef, Styria, Austria. This small outcrop, composed of a medium grained, quartz-rich, somewhat limonitic sand yielded, from November 2016 to May 2018, at least 80 species of gastropods and bivalves. Most of the fossils are characterized by a partial limonitic staining and a usually very good preservation. The sediments in the area belong to the "Florianer Schichten", which are part of the western Styrian basin at the eastern margin of the Alps. The "Florianer Schichten" are about 15 Ma old (Langhian, or "Badenian" in Paratethys stratigraphic terms). First "photo" is a map showing St. Josef and Höllerkogel Hill. Second photo is an overview of this outcrop. Photo is very poor, it was very dark (despite a sunny day) and my camera is not very light sensitive, to say the best. The use of of flash resulted in an even worse photo. Just above the green x, you may discern a white-brownisch spot. This is the bivalve of the next photo. The pocket knife to the left of the green x is 9 cm long. Bright spots are small fossils or fragments of larger ones. Third photo is the bivalve in situ, as you can see, it was possible to make an even worse photo... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 I will show you 3 fossils from this hunting trip. First is the bivalve you already know. It is heavily fractured, a smal part is missing and some areas are also slighlty dissolved. But it has both valves (slighly displaced) and a boring of a moon snail as well as the typical partial limonitic staining. The concentric ripping is well preserved, the rips don´t cover the whole shell. Width is 50 mm. Its a venus clam, Callista italica (Defrance, 1818), probably also known as Cytherea pedemontana Agassiz, 1858. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 nice repot and finds, I didnt know there were Miocene deposits in Austria growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 The second one is another bivalve, the right valve of a pectinid, Pecten styriacus Hilber, 1879. Not much to say about it, width of shell is 33 mm. The last one is a gastropod, an olive snail Olivella clavula (Lamarck, 1810). Its 21 mm high and it is located on a fragment of an unknown shell. Thats all, thanks for watching. I wish everybody lots of successfull, memorable and save fossil hunting trips! Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Manticocerasman said: nice repot and finds, I didnt know there were Miocene deposits in Austria Thanks! Oh, there are lots and lots of miocene sediments with many, many fossil sites in Austria. One of the most (in)famous is Weitendorf (about 8 km ESE of St. Josef): http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/73610-weitendorf-styria-austria/&tab=comments#comment-775203 There are many, many fossils for sale from this site on the internet. Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Nice mollusc pieces. Thanks for sharing. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Nice shells! One wonders if sharks teeth are possible to find... “...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...
FranzBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 21 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Nice shells! One wonders if sharks teeth are possible to find... Thanks! Theeth are very, very rare (I have never found one) but in 150 years of collecting in the "Florianer Schichten" in western Styria, some were indeed found. There is some literature about that. Even a few Megs were found - see the cover of a local journal from 2006. Its from the already mentioned Weitendorf site. Here is the literature: https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MittAbtGeoPalJoan_52-53_0041-0109.pdf Sorry, its to large to attach it. Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Nice finds, it's a pleasure to see them. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 19.8.2018 at 3:48 PM, ynot said: Nice mollusc pieces. Thanks for sharing. 20 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: Nice finds, it's a pleasure to see them. Thanks for your appreciation! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Nice molluscs! I especially like the Callista italica - such beautiful colours, and such a wonderful species name! (my parents are Italian ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Monica said: Nice molluscs! I especially like the Callista italica Thanks, Monica! Here are a few more: https://www.franzbernhard.lima-city.de/Callista.html Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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