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DSCN1377

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:19:58 +0000

same turtle - skull from Coesfeld, seen from the top. The skull measures around 15 cm

DSCN1404, Front view

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:19:50 +0000

unknown sea turtle, found around 1980 from a famous Friend of mine. I started to describe it, but stopped the paper some years ago. Now stored in a Museum in Westphalia

Thalassinoides

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:55:27 +0000

these burrows were made by crabs. It was found in the middle turonian of Dortmund by my very best friend Kalle. I found them often, too, but this was the very very best I have ever seen in the westphalian cretaceous!

3253_Protocallianassa

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:47:06 +0000

a rare complete crustacea from upper cretaceous of Westphalia. It is a santonian one. This type of crustaceans build burrows and live in it. The body is very soft, the claws hard. So normally you will only find the claws...

3249_Protocallianassa

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:47:02 +0000

second pic of a rare complete crustacea from upper cretaceous of Westphalia. It is a santonian one. This type of crustaceans build burrows and live in it. The body is very soft, the claws hard. So normally you will only find the claws...

Scaphites obliquus

Mon, 16 May 2022 09:05:05 +0000

another nice Scaphites obliquus in "white" preservation, Haarstrang-Region, fantastic preserved, approx. 3 cm

Scaphites obliquus

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:08:13 +0000

unique and lovely are heteromorph ammonites like Scaphites. This small but great one comes from middle cenomanian of southern germany, housed in the collection of a friend of mine

Phymosoma ornatissimum (AGASSI/ & DESOR 1846)

Tue, 10 May 2022 18:04:20 +0000

Together with sponges like Coeloptychium and others you can find sea-urchins in the campanian of Coesfeld. Normally you´ll find Echinocorys, Micraster and other irregular forms. Rarely regular ones like Salenia or Phymosoma. A nearly perfect one comes from Coesfelder Berg, size is around 6 cm, the best i´ve ever found

Scaphites cf. diana

Tue, 10 May 2022 16:54:28 +0000

a very nice and rare Scaphites cf. diana from upper middle santonian of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. One of the most perfect diana I have ever seen, around 4 cm

mantelliceras dixoni

Mon, 09 May 2022 19:56:19 +0000

In lower Cenomanian the strange Ammonite "Mantelliceras" occurs. When you go to "Teutoburger Wald Area" in the north and north-east they are grey and compressed. I will post some over time. In the south, Haarstrang-Region and Ruhrgebiet, they can be very very nice, like this unusual white Mantelliceras dixoni, size is around 6 cm