Some finds from the area of Adnet

[belemniten 398]

Hi guys,

 

last week I was on holiday in Austria and had the chance to hunt at the area of Adnet. There you can find fossils in the red "Adneter Schichten" which are lower jurassic deposits. 

I was there twice for about 4 hours at all and I found some cool stuff!

At my first visit I found plenty of ammonites, one nautilus and some bivalves. It was a very rainy day. Here is a picture of the site:

 

 

And this is the only ammonite I could prepped until now:

 

 

Its a 5 cm long Phylloceras. A kinda common species there.

The prep work is really difficult, because there is no really separation layer between stone and fossil. 

I didnt prepped the nautilus until now so I can you show a picture of the unprepped example:

 

 

On my second visit the weather was very good (maybe even too hot ).

Because of that and because of the enormous luck I had I found some shark teeth 

I didnt really expect to find one although I had already saw some teeth from there on the internet. But I didnt found one I found many  

Here are the 4 nicest ones until now:

 

The first one is very fragile and 1 cm long:

 

 

The second shark tooth is about 2 cm long and I like the combination with a crinoid stem:

 

 

Then this one is about 1.2 cm long and seems to be only a fragment. But I still like it

 

 

And last but not least the find of the day:

 

 

A 2.6 cm long shark tooth!! I will try to take better pictures of last and biggest shark tooth after cutting the stone a bit smaller. At the moment the tooth is on a huge stone!

The prep work on the shark teeth was also very hard because the teeth are very fragile and the stone is very hard. I prepped it with different needles and with my air scribe 

I am very pleased with those finds
I assume that all shark teeth are Sphenodus shark teeth.

 

Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed 

 

[Foozil 384]

Awesome finds! 

[doushantuo 2,878]

greatfinds,Seb!!!

[DanKurek 158]

Nice finds! Those Jurassic shark teeth are pretty cool 

[Abstraktum 29]

Really nice findings

Not that far away from me. Have to keep that in mind for my next hunting trip

[RJB 1,001]

Looks like you had a wonderful trip.  Cool finds

 

RB

[Tidgy's Dad 4,833]

Great photos of some terrific finds! 

Congratulations! 

[belemniten 398]

10 hours ago, Foozil said:

Awesome finds! 

Thank you

 

10 hours ago, doushantuo said:

greatfinds,Seb!!!

Thanks Ben 

 

9 hours ago, DanKurek said:

Nice finds! Those Jurassic shark teeth are pretty cool 

Thanks! Yeah they are also my favourites and they are normally kinda rare 

 

5 hours ago, RJB said:

Looks like you had a wonderful trip.  Cool finds

 

RB

Thanks 

 

4 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Great photos of some terrific finds! 

Congratulations! 

Thanks Adam

 

I cut the stone with the last tooth so here are some more pictures:

 

 

 

 

[FranzBernhard 164]

47 minutes ago, belemniten said:

 

 

What a beautyfull and spectacular specimen. I did not know that such things occur in Adnet. Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Franz Bernhard

[Fossildude19 6,563]

I see definite Fossil of the Month material here.  

Thanks for the pictures and report!

 

[Ludwigia 2,444]

@belemniten You did very well, Sebastian! Davidgraben?

[belemniten 398]

11 hours ago, Abstraktum said:

Really nice findings

Not that far away from me. Have to keep that in mind for my next hunting trip

Sorry I missed your comment! Thanks Flo 

If you visit the area once I can pm you and send the exact location where I found them ...

 

1 hour ago, FranzBernhard said:

What a beautyfull and spectacular specimen. I did not know that such things occur in Adnet. Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Franz Bernhard

Thank you  I am very pleased with it!!

 

50 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

I see definite Fossil of the Month material here.  

Thanks for the pictures and report!

 

Thanks Tim  I think I will submit the big tooth! Its for sure my best personal find this month!

 

23 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

@belemniten You did very well, Sebastian! Davidgraben?

Thanks Roger  No I dont find them at the Davidgraben. I found them at a site near Wiestal.

[Innocentx 374]

Beautiful finds! Thanks for sharing.

[Wrangellian 867]

Is that the full extent of the site?? Nice finds. Something about fossils in red rocks that I love. I bet they smell wonderful.

[ynot 4,704]

Looks like You had a good holiday Sebastian!

Nice finds!

[Twinlukers 29]

Very nice! I love the metric style of the teeth. 

Quality pieces. Keep on hunting

[belemniten 398]

17 hours ago, Innocentx said:

Beautiful finds! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks

 

12 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Is that the full extent of the site?? 

I am not sure what you mean but if you mean that the site isnt bigger than it appears to be in my picture you are right ...

 

12 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Nice finds. Something about fossils in red rocks that I love. I bet they smell wonderful.

Thanks  Yeah the stone smells a little bit like tomatoes ... 

 

8 hours ago, ynot said:

Looks like You had a good holiday Sebastian!

Nice finds!

Thanks Tony!! Yeah it was a great holiday. I also found many gastropods and corals in Rußbach ...

 

54 minutes ago, Twinlukers said:

Very nice! I love the metric style of the teeth. 

Quality pieces. Keep on hunting

Thanks
 

So here are some more teeth, which I found there.

 

Unprepped condtion:

 

 

After the preparation with a needle:

 

 

Its very small (only 0.8 cm long). 

On the same stone is a nice gastropod. Too bad that I cant really prep it.

 

 

The next one is also very small with a length of 1 cm:

 

 

During the prep it fell out of the stone and I had to glue it ... As you can see my prep work wasnt optimal but I am satisfied with it

 

Some more isolated teeth:

 

 

And this 1.2 cm long Sphenodus tooth:

 

[ynot 4,704]

14 minutes ago, belemniten said:

Some more isolated teeth:

Hey Sebastian,

Can You post some pictures of the serrated and hexagonal pieces? (the 2 on the right side.)

Would like to see all sides and an end on picture, please.

 

Thanks,

Tony

[Twinlukers 29]

24 minutes ago, belemniten said:

Thanks

 

I am not sure what you mean but if you mean that the site isnt bigger than it appears to be in my picture you are right ...

 

Thanks  Yeah the stone smells a little bit like tomatoes ... 

 

Thanks Tony!! Yeah it was a great holiday. I also found many gastropods and corals in Rußbach ...

 

Thanks
 

So here are some more teeth, which I found there.

 

Unprepped condtion:

 

 

After the preparation with a needle:

 

 

Its very small (only 0.8 cm long). 

On the same stone is a nice gastropod. Too bad that I cant really prep it.

 

 

The next one is also very small with a length of 1 cm:

 

 

During the prep it fell out of the stone and I had to glue it ... As you can see my prep work wasnt optimal but I am satisfied with it

 

Some more isolated teeth:

 

 

And this 1.2 cm long Sphenodus tooth:

 

You have to really take your time!! Are you going to seal it?

[Peace river rat 82]

Is it possible shark tooth #2 is some kind of dino tooth?

[Wrangellian 867]

18 hours ago, belemniten said:

I am not sure what you mean but if you mean that the site isnt bigger than it appears to be in my picture you are right ...

 

Thanks  Yeah the stone smells a little bit like tomatoes ... 

 

1) Yes, that's what I meant! Quite a few fossils from that small patch.

2) well, I would prefer the smell of limey sedimentary rock, myself.. Love that smell. Unless it's been in the dirt too long, then it just smells like dirt! 

[Monica 1,115]

Your shark teeth are indeed magnificent (congrats on finding so many really pretty ones!!!), but I have to say that I love that coiled nautiloid - beautiful!

[belemniten 398]

On 15.9.2018 at 4:23 PM, ynot said:

Hey Sebastian,

Can You post some pictures of the serrated and hexagonal pieces? (the 2 on the right side.)

Would like to see all sides and an end on picture, please.

 

Thanks,

Tony

Hi Tony,

 

with my bad camera it's going to be very difficult to take such close-up pictures ...

Can I ask you why do you want to see them?

 

On 15.9.2018 at 4:31 PM, Twinlukers said:

You have to really take your time!! Are you going to seal it?

Do you really think that it's necessary to seal them?

 

23 hours ago, Peace river rat said:

Is it possible shark tooth #2 is some kind of dino tooth?

I am pretty sure that's a shark tooth as well. It looks kinda typical for Sphenodus teeth.

 

7 hours ago, Monica said:

Your shark teeth are indeed magnificent (congrats on finding so many really pretty ones!!!), but I have to say that I love that coiled nautiloid - beautiful!

Thanks Monica  I will send you a picture when it's prepped ...

[Tidgy's Dad 4,833]

Lots more fascinating teeth! 

You did make a lot of good finds! 

[ynot 4,704]

2 hours ago, belemniten said:

Can I ask you why do you want to see them?

They do not look like shark teeth that I am familiar with.