anastasis008 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Because i live in Greece i wanted to know if any fossils of large extinct animals (like dinosaurs or big mammals) have been found in Greece because when i search it i get no valid results so could you help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie81 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 A couple of months ago they found mastodont remains in Florina where my grandmother lives (northern Greece) So yes, it is possible https://www.prologos.gr/φλώρινα-εντοπίστηκε-προιστορικός-χα/?fbclid=IwAR25I-0MBkgvxMIps26U_ERe97eU5Mk7QJ64fw5QKqEdM9hgumZWhWFL-kM In English: https://neoskosmos.com/en/124166/prehistoric-mastodon-tusk-uncovered-in-greece/ Natalie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anastasis008 Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 12/06/2019 at 2:54 PM, Natalie81 said: A couple of months ago they found mastodont remains in Florina where my grandmother lives (northern Greece) So yes, it is possible https://www.prologos.gr/φλώρινα-εντοπίστηκε-προιστορικός-χα/?fbclid=IwAR25I-0MBkgvxMIps26U_ERe97eU5Mk7QJ64fw5QKqEdM9hgumZWhWFL-kM In English: https://neoskosmos.com/en/124166/prehistoric-mastodon-tusk-uncovered-in-greece/ Natalie yes but it is really weird in my opinion to not have discovered many fossils i mean many animals must have lived in this part of the world. Anyway thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie81 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 hour ago, anastasis008 said: yes but it is really weird in my opinion to not have discovered many fossils i mean many animals must have lived in this part of the world. Anyway thanks Also mioceen can be found in some parts of Greece, I've seen beautiful echinoids from there. But it is true that we don't see many fossils from that country In Belgium dinosaurs were found , but on a depth of 322m..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babist Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Hello everyone, I am a new member with some interest in fossils but little knowledge....I come from Greece and from the area where the mastodon tusk was found...Ptolemaida in particular. Not long ago, I visited the coal mines in the area and I have found a piece of coal with some shells attached to it. Does this classify as a fossil? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I think Greece was under the ocean during the age of Dinosaurs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babist Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Thanks.....that might explain then that I also found a sea shell in the same area.....I checked it up and it looks like a turritela communis.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplomado Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Shells in coal would be fossil I would think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 On 21.7.2019 at 6:14 PM, babist said: a piece of coal with some shells attached to it. Nice gastros, possibly fresh-water-snails, but the matrix is not coal, its a silty-sandy, siliciclastic material. On 21.7.2019 at 7:32 PM, babist said: I also found a sea shell in the same area.....I checked it up and it looks like a turritela communis. Looks indeed like at turritellid gastro. If it is a T. communis, its an extant snail. Perhaps they also lifed already several million years ago, but they do not belong to the age of Dinosaurs. And the coal deposits in this area seem to be of Neogene age, max. 23 Million years old, whereas Dinos have lived more than 66 Million years ago. These coal deposits and associated fossils have nothing to do with Dinos. Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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