Amazing hunt at the Banjaard

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15) A small piece of Lutraria sp, Eemian

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16) A small piece of Mactra stultorum plistoneerlandica, Eemian

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17) A piece of Venericor planicosta, from the Eocene

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18) A piece of Claibornicardia aalterensis, also from the Eocene. Quite a rare find!

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19) A hinge fragment of Arctica islandica, a coldwater species of uncertain age (Eemian or somewhere else in the late Pleistocene)

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20) Mytilus edulis, Eemian

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21) Mimachlamys varia, Eemian

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22) My favorite find of the day: a perfect and gorgeous Flexopecten flexuosus (Eemian)! Absolutely love this one. 

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On with the gastropods!

23) An incomplete Neptunea contraria from the Pliocene, a rare find!

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24) And even rarer, Neptunea lyratodespecta! Also from the Pliocene. This one's almost complete, which is also rare for a Pliocene species  

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25) A very nice black Nassarius nitidus, Eemian

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26) A nice and quite tall Nassarius reticulatus, Eemian

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27) Nassarius pygmaeus, Eemian

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28) Amauropsis islandica, a coldwater species from the late Pleistocene (not Eemian)

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29) The gorgeous Nassarius aff. goreensis, Eemian

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30) Littorina littorea, Eemian

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31) Nucella lapillus, Eemian

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32) Natica crassa, Pliocene

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33) Euspira catena, Eemian

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34) Planorbis acronicus, a freshwater species from somewhere in the Pleistocene (probably the same age as Corbicula cf fluminalis, so maybe 400'000 years old?) I love the colors on this specimen!

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1 hour ago, Max-fossils said:

In this one you can see a very nice Nucella lapillus on the left and a small Nassarius pygmaeus on the bottom-right (in black and white). There's also a tiny fossil Euspira catena shell in this picture too. Can you spot it? 

E. catena is on the top of the pic, in the middle

 

Coco

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1 hour ago, Max-fossils said:

Who can find the fossil Littorina littorea in this one?  

North - North West of the bigger gatropod, half hidden, whose apex is all we can see ?

 

Coco

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Thanks, Max!

 

Spectacular to see such a different (and productive) hunting area. You've put a lot of effort into not only collecting but identifying a vast diversity of fossil shell species. You must have quite the collection going.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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35) An incredible Epitonium clathrus, Eemian

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36) A very rare Epitonium groenlandicum (possibly...) from somewhere in the Pleistocene (the species name suggests a colder species, but Eemian is not excluded)