belemniten Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Last Sunday I was able to find a piece with some jaw bones and teeth of an Ichthyosaur in the quarry Kromer near Holzmaden. I was very pleased with that find because the situation in the quarry is not the best. There is only a kinda small pile of stones where you are allowed to search (and where you can find marine reptile fossils, in the other regions of the quarry its very unlikely to find a bone or a teeth of a marine reptile). And this pile consists at the moment only out of very small rocks because they were laying until the beginning of the year there. So many collectors already searched there. And it's very likely that they don't get new material in this summer... Here is a bad picture of the quarry: And here are some pictures of the jaw bone with the teeth: The prep work took about 5 hours. It's a pity that I lost that missing part in the quarry. I searched about 1 hour for it but couldn't find it. But at that time I didn't know that its a jaw bone (no teeth were visible). Now about 65 small Ichthyosaur teeth are visible. They are from a very small Ichthyosaur, maybe even from a juvenile! 29 Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Stunning find! Always enjoying your field reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Great find well done John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Beautiful find, Sebastian, what an evocative scattering! Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie81 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Another great find, congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Outstanding find, Sebastian! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 65 teeth! nice My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Abstraktum said: Stunning find! Always enjoying your field reports Thanks I am less active at the moment because I am quite busy with studying and also with preparing my fossils. Hopefully I can be a bit more active active in the future! 1 hour ago, t-tree said: Great find well done John 57 minutes ago, TqB said: Beautiful find, Sebastian, what an evocative scattering! 52 minutes ago, Natalie81 said: Another great find, congratulations! 43 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Outstanding find, Sebastian! 29 minutes ago, RuMert said: 65 teeth! nice Thank you all It's my first "jaw with teeth" find, so I am also very happy about it. 1 Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Beautiful find congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Awesome find! Congratulations! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Fantastic find! I bet there will be afew more nice finds from you too before the year ends! 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 That's Lovely! Way to go, Sebastian! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Great find- I love the way all of the teeth are laying around, I like it that way versus being in the jaw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Oh ! Marvelous ! POTD ? 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...
Jeffrey P Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Congratulations on an incredible find Sebastian, especially given the current conditions there which make such finds even rarer. Hopefully conditions improve since I love to collect there someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phevo Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Nice find! The quarry really has changed since when i was there in May, it looks like a Bulldozer has been through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Phevo said: Nice find! The quarry really has changed since when i was there in May, it looks like a Bulldozer has been through Or hundreds of fossil hungry tourists 2 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 14 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: Beautiful find congratulations 14 hours ago, Darktooth said: Awesome find! Congratulations! 13 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: That's Lovely! Way to go, Sebastian! Thanks guys! I really appreciate your kind words 13 hours ago, LiamL said: Fantastic find! I bet there will be afew more nice finds from you too before the year ends! Thanks Liam! I doubt it but maybe I will try to prep some more pieces from this year. Last year it was the same. At the beginning there was new good material but then the whole year nothing new ... 13 hours ago, Nimravis said: Great find- I love the way all of the teeth are laying around, I like it that way versus being in the jaw. Thanks! Yeah it's not bad but if they would have been in the jaw it would be much easier to prep it. 12 hours ago, Coco said: Oh ! Marvelous ! POTD ? Coco Thanks! Sorry for my stupidness but what does POTD mean? 10 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Congratulations on an incredible find Sebastian, especially given the current conditions there which make such finds even rarer. Hopefully conditions improve since I love to collect there someday. Thanks! At the beginning of the next year it's going to be good again I guess! 5 hours ago, Phevo said: Nice find! The quarry really has changed since when i was there in May, it looks like a Bulldozer has been through Thanks! 2 hours ago, LiamL said: Or hundreds of fossil hungry tourists You normally don't see too many tourists searching at the pile where I search but there are actually quite a couple more or less professional collectors, who are regularly there. But in the other parts there are of course many tourists... 2 Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Stunning find for picking spoil piles!!!! great prep work as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 that location is still on our bucket list growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 @belemniten I mean POTM -> pic of the month, the contest of the month for the most beautiful fossil 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...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Amazing find Sebastian That jaw is simply wonderful - and it's made even cooler by the conditions it was found in! -Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Judging from the actual situation in the quarry it's a very good find. Congrats ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 6 hours ago, belemniten said: Thanks guys! I really appreciate your kind words Thanks Liam! I doubt it but maybe I will try to prep some more pieces from this year. Last year it was the same. At the beginning there was new good material but then the whole year nothing new ... Thanks! Yeah it's not bad but if they would have been in the jaw it would be much easier to prep it. Thanks! Sorry for my stupidness but what does POTD mean? Thanks! At the beginning of the next year it's going to be good again I guess! Thanks! You normally don't see too many tourists searching at the pile where I search but there are actually quite a couple more or less professional collectors, who are regularly there. But in the other parts there are of course many tourists... If i lived near there i’d be there all the time! They’d be sick of me haha Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Awesome find and prep Sebastian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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