Show us your lovely couples!

[FranzBernhard]

Inspired by the general theme of this thread:

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/91990-what-fossils-should-be-in-every-collector’s-collection/&,

this statement by @5 Humper

>>a collection should include comparative sets of homologous bones within taxonomic units<<

and some lovely couples that were already posted unintentionally (Wyoming fish, Trilos etc.), but recognized as such,

I would like to ask if you have a couple/pair of fossils (regardless if the fossils are in one "rock" or if they are two individual fossils),

that has a special and deeper, intellectual or emotional meaning to you.

 

And yes, I would not have asked if I had not my own favorite couple:

It´s a pair of rudists (what else? ) from St. Bartholomä, Styria, Austria. Some of you my have seen my "best" specimens from there in this thread:

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/91514-some-rudists-from-the-campanian-st-bartholomä-formation-gosau-group-eastern-alps-st-bartholomä-styria-austria/

But none of these rudists is as lovely (for me ) as this two specimens together:

 

They are ok on its own, but together they are wow to me. But why do I like this couple so much? My very personal thoughts:

First, one shows the beginning of a rudist, the other one shows the end with parts of the upper valve. Together, they are complete - emotional

Second, the are a nice couple in the sense of a couple (nearly the same size, somewhat similar in shape but also differences, etc.) - emotional

Third, they were found more or less accidentally, one within and the other on the litter of a forest. No digging involved - emotional

Fourth, they have no "modern" dings, they just suffered some borings 80 million years ago, some pressure solution several dozen million years ago and weathering during the last few hundred years. They are somewhat "pristine" in their own sense - emotional

So it seems purely emotional, why I like this couple so much .

 

Whats your favorite couple? And why? Thanks!
Franz Bernhard

[5 Humper]

I like your post very much, Franz.   I am very passionate/emotional about a great many of my specimens, as well, and see art within many specimens.  I'm kinda new on the forum, bear with me as I get more proficient with posting, etc....

[Darktooth]

Here I have a couple, of couples that I hold dear to my heart. These all have been posted before but I like the topic so I will post them again. The smaller, lighter color mako, is special because it was my first great find from Brownies, and my Dad was with me when I found it. So for me it holds great memories of spending time with my Dad, plus it is a fantastic specimen. The darker meg is also special because it was my first almost perfect meg and this time I was with my wife. We had hit a rough spot in our marriage and we were trying to reconnect. Up to this point she had gone on a few mineral hunts with me but never really enjoyed them as it is not her thing. I told her that I was making plans to go to Brownies and she decided to give it a try as she does love the beach and collecting shells and this is not really any different. She told me at the end of the day that out of all the hunts she had been on, she could understand why I was so obsessed  with finding sharkteeth. While it is still not her thing, she has gone on a few more trips with me and has even encouraged  it. So for me that tooth represents us getting closer in our marriage. The other two teeth are not necessarily  special, they just happen to be trip makers at the time they were found. My friend almost stepped on the big dark mako. I screamed at him not to put his foot down as I snatched it up. In hindsight it would have been nice of me to give it to him, but I was greedy. The other meg was found very quickly after hitting the beach, but would have been missed had I not bent down to investigate  a shell that was lying near it. So they do atleast have a story behind them.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here are a couple of trilos sent to me by Tony 
@ynot

Special as they came in the same block, the Elrathia kingii (Tony sent a much nicer one as well) special as it replaced a specimen lost to me and the Itagnostus interstictus as it was  a new species for me and so sweet.

Also I prepped them myself and was quite pleased with the results and though they are now separated they will always be a pair in my collection.

 

 

[Manticocerasman]

here is one of mine : "a couple of devonian cephalopods"

 

a goniatite next to an orthocone;

one of my first associations of both types of cephalopods on 1 rock.

I got multiple others now like this, even with a lot more cephalopods, but this one is my favorite.

 

[Bobby Rico]

Cool thread.

ok then here you go.

Echioceras raricostitoides

Lower lias

Raricostatum zone 

Bath Somerset uk

front and back views 

they have been together for a very long time now.

[Ludwigia]

Nice idea. This is one of my favorites, which actually shows a pair from both sides. The ammonite is a Crussoliceras sp. from the southern German Kimmeridgian with a diameter of 17cm. On the one side a Laevaptychus obliquus is attached and there is a detachable Liostrea roemeri oyster on the other. I always catch myself peeking at it when I walk by the display case.

 

 

[Ludwigia]

I just have to post this one as well. I can't resist picking it up sometimes. It's on top of the display case in the hall and is quite handy. Actually, I'm cheating a bit, since there are 4 Grammoceras thoarsense ammonites on it, but I'm calling them 2 pairs . Found it in Normandy a few years ago.

 

 

[Darktooth]

4 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

I just have to post this one as well. I can't resist picking it up sometimes. It's on top of the display case in the hall and is quite handy. Actually, I'm cheating a bit, since there are 4 Grammoceras thoarsense ammonites on it, but I'm calling them 2 pairs . Found it in Normandy a few years ago.

 

 

Quite lovely, Roger!

[Ludwigia]

6 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Quite lovely, Roger!

I agree. Just can't stop looking at this one, although I've had it for over 10 years.

[Bobby Rico]

Gryphea sp. aka Devil's Toenail

Dorset, UK

 

More than just friends. 

[paleoflor]

Double-harted Palaeosmunda (osmundaceous fern)

from the late Permian of the Rangal Coal Measures

found near Blackwater, Queensland, Australia.

[caterpillar]

Pseudogibbaster tercensis and Phymosoma pseudomagnifica from lower thanetian of southwest France

[FranzBernhard]

@Darktooth, @Tidgy's Dad, @Manticocerasman, @Bobby Rico, @Ludwigia, @paleoflor, @caterpillar:

Thank you very much for all your contributions of many kinds!

 

@Darktooth, that are really personal stories behind your teeth. Thanks for sharing!

 

19 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

I always catch myself peeking at it when I walk by the display case.

That´s something close to love . Not so easy to do this with microfossils, but you could always make a photo. But this would not be totally the same...

 

Thanks again!
Franz Bernhard

[Darktooth]

11 minutes ago, FranzBernhard said:

@Darktooth, @Tidgy's Dad, @Manticocerasman, @Bobby Rico, @Ludwigia, @paleoflor, @caterpillar:

Thank you very much for all your contributions of many kinds!

 

@Darktooth, that are really personal stories behind your teeth. Thanks for sharing!

 

That´s something close to love . Not so easy to do this with microfossils, but you could always make a photo. But this would not be totally the same...

 

Thanks again!
Franz Bernhard

Fyi, the story about my wife happened after we had been together for about 9 years and it has been 9yrs since that took place. So everything worked out.

[ricardo]

Some of my  favorite couples...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

This is not mine anymore I gave it to our friend Frank but I found it.

 

Stephanoceras and Belemnite 

Natural Association 

[Darktooth]

47 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

This is not mine anymore I gave it to our friend Frank but I found it.

 

Stephanoceras and Belemnite 

Natural Association 

Great specimen Bobby!

[Bobby Rico]

Just now, Darktooth said:

Great specimen Bobby!

Yeah it a beautify. Thank you

[gigantoraptor]

A piece with Androgynoceras figulinum, an Amaltheus sp., Lytoceras sp. and a couple of other ammonites. According to the label it's from the lower Pliensbachian of Salzgitter-Haverlahwiese in Niedersachsen, Germany. It was my first ammonite multiple (and one of the only two so far). The piece was extremely cheap for the number of ammonites and the seller is a very friendly guy. 

[Nimravis]

Trimerus Cephalon and a Dalamites.

 

New York

 

 

 

Leptolepides sprattiformis

 

Solnhofen, Germany