belemniten Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 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 11 Link to post Share on other sites
izak_ Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Awesome finds! Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 greatfinds,Seb!!! Link to post Share on other sites
DanKurek Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Nice finds! Those Jurassic shark teeth are pretty cool Link to post Share on other sites
Abstraktum Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Really nice findings Not that far away from me. Have to keep that in mind for my next hunting trip Link to post Share on other sites
RJB Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Looks like you had a wonderful trip. Cool finds RB Link to post Share on other sites
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Great photos of some terrific finds! Congratulations! Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 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: 5 Link to post Share on other sites
FranzBernhard Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I see definite Fossil of the Month material here. Thanks for the pictures and report! Link to post Share on other sites
Ludwigia Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 @belemniten You did very well, Sebastian! Davidgraben? Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Innocentx Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Beautiful finds! Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites
Wrangellian Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Is that the full extent of the site?? Nice finds. Something about fossils in red rocks that I love. I bet they smell wonderful. Link to post Share on other sites
ynot Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Looks like You had a good holiday Sebastian! Nice finds! Link to post Share on other sites
Twinlukers Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Very nice! I love the metric style of the teeth. Quality pieces. Keep on hunting Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 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: 4 Link to post Share on other sites
ynot Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Twinlukers Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 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? Link to post Share on other sites
Peace river rat Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Is it possible shark tooth #2 is some kind of dino tooth? Link to post Share on other sites
Wrangellian Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 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! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Monica Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 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! Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 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 ... Link to post Share on other sites
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Lots more fascinating teeth! You did make a lot of good finds! Link to post Share on other sites
ynot Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 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. Link to post Share on other sites
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