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belemniten Regular Member

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Hi guys,

 

last week I started studying so I don't have much time at the moment and because of that I can't be very active here. Nevertheless I could go hunting last weekend (related to my eighteenth birthday (so why I am still a youth member?? :D:D)). I was in a quarry near Stuttgart where you can find fossils from the Triassic. Looking for bones and teeth in the "Bonebed" there is quite strenuous but it makes always fun! Especially if you find something good :)

And my best find was this lungfish tooth (Ceratodus): 

 

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Never found something like that before so I am quite happy with it! It's about 2.5 cm long and I prepped it with my air pen and with my new sandblasting machine! The prep work took about 1 hour. 

I can't really estimate how rare such a find is but maybe @Pemphix can say more! 

Thanks for viewing :)

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Awesome 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

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Excellent Find!  :envy:

 

And who is a Youth Member?   :blush:;)

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Darktooth Regular Member

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That is a great find! I like the detail. You did a good job with the prep.

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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On 18.10.2018 at 11:39 PM, WhodamanHD said:

Awesome find!

Thanks :1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76:

 

On 18.10.2018 at 11:57 PM, Fossildude19 said:

Excellent Find!  :envy:

 

And who is a Youth Member?   :blush:;)

Thank you very much :D  This rank sounds much better :ighappy:

 

On 18.10.2018 at 11:58 PM, Darktooth said:

That is a great find! I like the detail. You did a good job with the prep.

Thanks @Darktooth!!

 

On 19.10.2018 at 12:10 AM, Foozil said:

Awesome find!! :envy:

Thanks :1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76:

 

On 19.10.2018 at 4:09 AM, fossilized6s said:

Nice tooth! Definitely on my bucket list. 

Thank you! When I have 20 of them I will PM you :ninja:

 

On 19.10.2018 at 8:33 AM, Ludwigia said:

Welcome to adulthood. Got your wisdom teeth yet? :)

Thanks Roger :P Yeah can't get enough of them :D

 

On 19.10.2018 at 5:46 PM, TqB said:

Gorgeous tooth and belated happy birthday!

Thank you Tarquin!! 

 

On 19.10.2018 at 5:46 PM, ynot said:

Happy birthday young man!

Nice "gift" that the quarry gave up for You.

Thanks Toni!! The day wasn't too bad for me ;) Also found some more stuff, which I currently can't prep because I am but busy... 

 

On 19.10.2018 at 5:51 PM, Bobby Rico said:

Happy belated birthday and that is one stunning tooth. :yay-smiley-1: congratulations 

Thanks Bobby :dinothumb:

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Well, lungfish teeth are not sooo very common in the German Muschelkalk at all, compared with other vertebrate finds like f.e. Nothosaurus or Mastodonsaurus which are abundant at all.

There are for sure some localities and strata where lungfish can be found more often than in others, but at all you need to have a portion of luck and a big bunch of work to do before you are finding a good one...

Congrats...!

@belemniten

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On 24.10.2018 at 11:15 AM, Pemphix said:

Well, lungfish teeth are not sooo very common in the German Muschelkalk at all, compared with other vertebrate finds like f.e. Nothosaurus or Mastodonsaurus which are abundant at all.

There are for sure some localities and strata where lungfish can be found more often than in others, but at all you need to have a portion of luck and a big bunch of work to do before you are finding a good one...

Congrats...!

@belemniten

Thanks :1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76: Hopefully i can find a second one in the near Future :D

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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That is a beautiful tooth. 

And an extremely belated happy birthday, old chap. 

We can now use bad language on your threads. ;)

Life's Good!

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