Eureka Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Hi friends, I found this specimen on a upper cretaceous (Santoniens. series) from North Spain. Any idea about species Best regards and thanks, Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Could you post a view of the bottom of the ech? Also the other side of it? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Hi,Rozzilla The oral side of the specimen is very similar to a Micraster....but of course it is not a Micraster. I enclose other pics that maybe can help.... Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Thanks for posting further pics. Looked through my pdfs and cannot make a match. Good news however, there are some ech experts on here. I think the dome is unusually shaped. Haven't seen one like it.. Excellent find, that much I can tell! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Dear Rozzilla, Thanks a lot for your efforts and of course, for your kind words...It was a lucky finding...first time in my life a I´ve found this species.....unknown for me. Let´s see what other members can say. Best regards, Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Dear Rozzilla, Thanks a lot for your efforts and of course, for your kind words...It was a lucky finding...first time in my life a I´ve found this species.....unknown for me. Let´s see what other members can say. Best regards, Eureka Eureka, You are sure welcome. Just wish I knew what it was. This is a link to the echinoid directory. I did not see your ech there but will have to say I find that site difficult to navigate. In any case it is a handy link to have in case you are not aware of it. Echinoid Directory Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hi, Don't know what it is. Here is a link to an echinoid website with a lot of pic galleries http://www.echinologia.com/galeries/galeries.htm Hope it could help you. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Thanks a lot for your kind words and for the link...... By the way, just in case you do not know this other website speciliased on seaurchin fossils..... http://www.echinologia.com/ Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 He he ! I t is the same website than on my ling... Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Excellent site! I see one with a dome, maybe like yours, Eureka.. What do you think? One Like Yours? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Thanks Coco....It appeared that both of us typed up at the same time..... Thanks for your help !!! Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Eureka, We can have an apical view, please? Anywhere this one could be an defomed G.brevis? (Micraster brevis) It comes from the typical quarry that everybody knows? Regards. http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 Dear MB, I just enclose new pics of the specimen (sorry for the low pics quality, not chance of getting them better). About the chance of being a Micraster brevis, I feel it doesn´t. It does not come from the famous quarry...... Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 I go on with the rest of the pics..... Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 last 2 ones.... Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 By the way, MB..It is not a deformed specimen. Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 ...and a very elongated Micraster Gibbus ( Gibbaster Gibbus)? It`s the only one it looks like... By the way, welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Dear Moropùs, Thanks for your help. It might be a powerful-elongated Gibbaster gibbus. Just the grandfather of every Gibabster gibbus....(smiles). Best regards, Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Eureka you say it might be a powerful-elongated Gibbaster gibbus but would that make it pathologic? It is so different then norm for Gibbaster gibbus. But it is a beauty and really great find. I would be interested to know how common it is to find one like this. :geek: Don't ya just love echinoids. The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Dear Lawooten, Thanks for your lovely words. I am quite keen on fossil seauchins as well, they are beauty. regarding to the chance of being pathological specimen...I do not know at this moment, it has to be prepared...let´s see what I find after removing unwanted matrix. it is the first time I find one like this after 20 years walking in that area.....quite uncommon (fist one I have seen). Cheers, Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 It is possible to have a view (after cleaned) of the apical system? and anus view also? That could be helpful. http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Count on it ! Cheers, Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Ereka Please keep me in mind when you find out what it is. It would be most interesting to see what it looks like when you clean it up. Wonderful specimen you have found. The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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