Joeri_R Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 In the small country of Belgium there is a city called Ostend, which lies near the North Sea and thus has a harbour. To boost economy and oversea trade they build great stone walls so bigger ships can easily make their turn to get into the port. This walls are made of limestone rocks. Since I go looking for shark teeth a lot on the beach I wondered if there were any fossils to find there. And yess, I was lucky I never expected to find fossils from probably Carbon era in the rock walls of our harbour 1) Caninia cornucopiae, a solitary coral 2) leptaeana sp. 3) bryozoa, fenestella sp. 4) brachiopod, spirifer sp. 5) trilobite piece 6) brachiopods (Thanks to my good friend Anthonie Hellemond for determination and dating the rocks probably from Carbon era. I just knew they were fossils, I only recognised the trilobite and the spirifer ) and the last two pictures are sharkteeth I found on the beach. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Very nice! The Leptaena is gorgeous. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Great finds! 1 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Great finds Joeri 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Great finds and pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Beautiful finds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 You have found some great representatives of Paleozoic marine life. I've gone fossil hunting on these type of anti-erosion walls at lakes. Everything must be investigated! 1 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeri_R Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 hours ago, Innocentx said: You have found some great representatives of Paleozoic marine life. I've gone fossil hunting on these type of anti-erosion walls at lakes. Everything must be investigated! Indeed, every...single...rock... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Joeri_R said: Indeed, every...single...rock... Every grain of sand................ 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I, too, love the Leptaena - it's beautiful!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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