Jump to content

Search the Community

Showing results for tags 'bulgaria'.

  • Search By Tags

    Type tags separated by commas.
    Tags should be keywords or key phrases. e.g. otodus, megalodon, shark tooth, miocene, bone valley formation, usa, florida.
  • Search By Author

Content Type


Forums

  • Fossil Discussion
    • Fossil ID
    • Fossil Hunting Trips
    • General Fossil Discussion
    • Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
    • Fossil of the Month
    • Questions & Answers
    • Member Collections
    • A Trip to the Museum
    • Paleo Re-creations
    • Collecting Gear
    • Fossil Preparation
    • Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
    • Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
    • Fossil News
  • Community News
    • Member Introductions
    • Member of the Month
    • Members' News & Diversions
  • General Category
    • Rocks & Minerals
    • Geology

Categories

  • Annelids
  • Arthropods
    • Crustaceans
    • Insects
    • Trilobites
    • Other Arthropods
  • Brachiopods
  • Cnidarians (Corals, Jellyfish, Conulariids )
    • Corals
    • Jellyfish, Conulariids, etc.
  • Echinoderms
    • Crinoids & Blastoids
    • Echinoids
    • Other Echinoderms
    • Starfish and Brittlestars
  • Forams
  • Graptolites
  • Molluscs
    • Bivalves
    • Cephalopods (Ammonites, Belemnites, Nautiloids)
    • Gastropods
    • Other Molluscs
  • Sponges
  • Bryozoans
  • Other Invertebrates
  • Ichnofossils
  • Plants
  • Chordata
    • Amphibians & Reptiles
    • Birds
    • Dinosaurs
    • Fishes
    • Mammals
    • Sharks & Rays
    • Other Chordates
  • *Pseudofossils ( Inorganic objects , markings, or impressions that resemble fossils.)

Blogs

  • Anson's Blog
  • Mudding Around
  • Nicholas' Blog
  • dinosaur50's Blog
  • Traviscounty's Blog
  • Seldom's Blog
  • tracer's tidbits
  • Sacredsin's Blog
  • fossilfacetheprospector's Blog
  • jax world
  • echinoman's Blog
  • Ammonoidea
  • Traviscounty's Blog
  • brsr0131's Blog
  • brsr0131's Blog
  • Adventures with a Paddle
  • Caveat emptor
  • -------
  • Fig Rocks' Blog
  • placoderms
  • mosasaurs
  • ozzyrules244's Blog
  • Terry Dactyll's Blog
  • Sir Knightia's Blog
  • MaHa's Blog
  • shakinchevy2008's Blog
  • Stratio's Blog
  • ROOKMANDON's Blog
  • Phoenixflood's Blog
  • Brett Breakin' Rocks' Blog
  • Seattleguy's Blog
  • jkfoam's Blog
  • Erwan's Blog
  • Erwan's Blog
  • marksfossils' Blog
  • ibanda89's Blog
  • Liberty's Blog
  • Liberty's Blog
  • Lindsey's Blog
  • Back of Beyond
  • Ameenah's Blog
  • St. Johns River Shark Teeth/Florida
  • gordon's Blog
  • West4me's Blog
  • West4me's Blog
  • Pennsylvania Perspectives
  • michigantim's Blog
  • michigantim's Blog
  • lauraharp's Blog
  • lauraharp's Blog
  • micropterus101's Blog
  • micropterus101's Blog
  • GPeach129's Blog
  • Olenellus' Blog
  • nicciann's Blog
  • nicciann's Blog
  • Deep-Thinker's Blog
  • Deep-Thinker's Blog
  • bear-dog's Blog
  • javidal's Blog
  • Digging America
  • John Sun's Blog
  • John Sun's Blog
  • Ravsiden's Blog
  • Jurassic park
  • The Hunt for Fossils
  • The Fury's Grand Blog
  • julie's ??
  • Hunt'n 'odonts!
  • falcondob's Blog
  • Monkeyfuss' Blog
  • cyndy's Blog
  • pattyf's Blog
  • pattyf's Blog
  • chrisf's Blog
  • chrisf's Blog
  • nola's Blog
  • mercyrcfans88's Blog
  • Emily's PRI Adventure
  • trilobite guy's Blog
  • barnes' Blog
  • xenacanthus' Blog
  • myfossiltrips.blogspot.com
  • HeritageFossils' Blog
  • Fossilefinder's Blog
  • Fossilefinder's Blog
  • maybe a nest fossil?
  • farfarawy's Blog
  • Microfossil Mania!
  • blogs_blog_99
  • Southern Comfort
  • Emily's MotE Adventure
  • Eli's Blog
  • andreas' Blog
  • Recent Collecting Trips
  • retired blog
  • andreas' Blog test
  • fossilman7's Blog
  • Piranha Blog
  • xonenine's blog
  • xonenine's Blog
  • Fossil collecting and SAFETY
  • Detrius
  • pangeaman's Blog
  • pangeaman's Blog
  • pangeaman's Blog
  • Jocky's Blog
  • Jocky's Blog
  • Kehbe's Kwips
  • RomanK's Blog
  • Prehistoric Planet Trilogy
  • mikeymig's Blog
  • Western NY Explorer's Blog
  • Regg Cato's Blog
  • VisionXray23's Blog
  • Carcharodontosaurus' Blog
  • What is the largest dragonfly fossil? What are the top contenders?
  • Test Blog
  • jsnrice's blog
  • Lise MacFadden's Poetry Blog
  • BluffCountryFossils Adventure Blog
  • meadow's Blog
  • Makeing The Unlikley Happen
  • KansasFossilHunter's Blog
  • DarrenElliot's Blog
  • Hihimanu Hale
  • jesus' Blog
  • A Mesozoic Mosaic
  • Dinosaur comic
  • Zookeeperfossils
  • Cameronballislife31's Blog
  • My Blog
  • TomKoss' Blog
  • A guide to calcanea and astragali
  • Group Blog Test
  • Paleo Rantings of a Blockhead
  • Dead Dino is Art
  • The Amber Blog
  • Stocksdale's Blog
  • PaleoWilliam's Blog
  • TyrannosaurusRex's Facts
  • The Community Post
  • The Paleo-Tourist
  • Lyndon D Agate Johnson's Blog
  • BRobinson7's Blog
  • Eastern NC Trip Reports
  • Toofuntahh's Blog
  • Pterodactyl's Blog
  • A Beginner's Foray into Fossiling
  • Micropaleontology blog
  • Pondering on Dinosaurs
  • Fossil Preparation Blog
  • On Dinosaurs and Media
  • cheney416's fossil story
  • jpc
  • A Novice Geologist
  • Red-Headed Red-Neck Rock-Hound w/ My Trusty HellHound Cerberus
  • Red Headed
  • Paleo-Profiles
  • Walt's Blog
  • Between A Rock And A Hard Place
  • Rudist digging at "Point 25", St. Bartholomä, Styria, Austria (Campanian, Gosau-group)
  • Prognathodon saturator 101
  • Books I have enjoyed
  • Ladonia Texas Fossil Park
  • Trip Reports
  • Glendive Montana dinosaur bone Hell’s Creek
  • Test
  • Stratigraphic Succession of Chesapecten

Find results in...

Find results that contain...


Date Created

  • Start

    End


Last Updated

  • Start

    End


Filter by number of...

  1. Hello to everyone! I'm a chemical engineering student in Greece who has paleontology and geology as a hobby. I see a lot of people abroad finding fossils and studying actual samples and I am looking for a way to start on my own someday. What is the best way to start? What are key fossil sites in the Balkans? Are there cases where it is ethical to take fossils for personal interest? In Greece where I live (specifically Athens) there are Penteli and Pikermi with known fossil sites. Additionally, fossils have been found in several islands of the Aegean Pelagos. I have zero knowledge of fossil sites in other countries. As far as ethics are concerned, I believe someone acquiring a fossil should communicate with a university that can collect data and improve its knowledge. A person on their own cannot easily conduct research, not only because of the tools and machines that might be needed but also because they don't have complete knowledge of the fossil record. Also, keeping a fossil for decoration should be done, in my opinion, if the fossil isn't needed to improve the fossil record or if the collector can keep the fossil after research goals have been achieved. I don't want to expand a lot on the subject. I'd love to hear other opinions on the subject and learn about finding fossils.
  2. Hello everyone! Like most Europe, here in Bulgaria the winter is also very warm. Today we had 16C with totally clrear sky, so I decided to go hunting on a placed I was gathering info. 150Km from Sofia to the North, is the village of Belotintsi. There is a small Gorge formed by a creek "Nechinska bara" and the outcrops are part of Jurassic of Bulgaria. My source was the National history museum of Sofia and some publications of professors found online. The initial goal was to observe mostly the area as I was little tired for climbing and not properly prepared in terms of equipment. The whole area around (Border with Serbia, Stara Planina Mts, Golo Burdo Mt close to Sofia) were the bottom of Tethys sea. Here is a general aspect of the locality. Next time I plan to go to the upper part of the formation (Oxfordian). Pictures numbered from 1 to 4 show some spiecements on the field. The rocks are rich in CaCO3 as they highly react with vinegar. The stones are easily separated with very light blows. Picture number 1, I think I forgot it there Pictures Sa-Sd: Macrocephalites versus or gracilis I think. Se: This big fella, sadly found in pieces. I believe it is a different spieces to Macrocephalites. Probably it was detached from a formation above. Sf-Sg: Some fragments Sh-Si: I gathered these only to try testing with preparation process. As a novice, I do not want to ruin something nice that was preserved for million of years due to lack of experience. Hope you like the pictures. None of the fossils are museum quality; nevertheless I really enjoyed the day. Wish to everyone happy and fruitful hunting trips! Regards, Dimitris.
  3. Hi everyone! 3-part excursion in the Cretaceous (Aptian) of Central Bulgaria, ~50Kms West of Veliko Tarnovo. 1st one reconnaissance with my girl on 18th of March. We did not stay a lot, poor finds mostly brachs and some echies. 2nd one, 24th-26th of March with friends. The majority of the finds are from this date. 3rd and last on 27th of May with one friend. The Urgonian complex of Bulgaria is a huge formation that extends many Kms around the cities of Veliko Tarnovo, Sevlievo and Lovech uninterrupted. The first findings were published during the Communist time, when lots of construction took place (road and rail infrastructure, a couple of huge water reservoirs, mining activity). If we would have to say something that stands out there and probably is known to people outside Bulgaria, it's well preserved regular echinoids. Many of you might have seen some being sold in Facebook groups for echinoids or some marketplaces. However, the Aptian Urgonian complex is not just echinoids; there is a huge variety of brachiopods preserved with their original "nacre". Even if you are not into them, trust me there you will start gathering them like cherries. Here we are parked on the first visit. The weather was pretty nice, ideal for such an excursion. Here is the main outcrop, on the second visit. I am nowhere in this picture; you see bad habit of not taking in situ. I will start with the brachs and leave the echies for another day since I am still cleaning them with KOH. On the other hand, the brachs were cleaned easily with ultrasound bath. Tried to group them in families, I am not even sure I am correct but anyway here we go: Terebratulidae: (The pictures are wrongly inverted, so the front side of the 1st on the upper row matches the last one on the lower row). Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 Plate 4 Plate 5 From this picture and onwards, each side is a separate picture Plate 6 Plate 7 Plate 8 Here I believe they are Tetrarhynchiidae And a large one with amazing colours I decided to keep on original matrix for the main showcase. This one is still not cleaned. @Tidgy's Dad This post is for you!
  4. Greetings to everyone! After a long absence, I came back with some interesting fossil material. Location: Western Bulgaria ~30Kms away from Sofia Age: Carboniferous - Westphalian Formation: Svoge I have visited the place one more time with no success, seeking within the banks of a small creek. Maybe my eye was not trained at identifying fossils within black shale and coal, or I was just not looking at the right spot. Last weekend, the weather was really sunny and pleasant, after 2 weeks of rain so I took Sara and hit the road! I stopped at a spot I could tell there was black shale and this time I climbed a quite steep slope, instead of going again into the creek. I was lucky and within minutes, I found my first Paleozoic plant material. That felt good! Having visited the local museum very recently, I was able to identify some Calamites sp. This was my first find, a decent chunk of Calamites. This one, I believe it is Lepidodendron sp. but not obovatum as per the species exhibited in the museum. Or maybe it is quite eroded. What do you think? The last fossil I collected was a multilayer with Calamites sp. , max dimensions 30X20cm. It was heavy, I have found enough so I called it a day. You can see the rest of the pictures at the bottom, more or less the same. I found a publication here http://www.bgd.bg/REVIEW_BGS/REVIEW_BGD_2006/pdf_files_2006/06.pdf which does not mention Lepidodendron at all. The fossils were cleaned with water, toothbrush and some soap to remove all the dust caused by the coal. I may visit again the formation, since I read some other reports that seeds of Carboniferous can be found there, plus some Devonian(?) Graptolites close to this place, so there is still some interest. Hope you like the findings!
  5. Dimitris

    Cretaceous of Bulgaria

    Hello everyone! Been some time away from hunting as business consumes now most of my free time. Anyway, around May, I stopped at a small river that I saw while returning from another hunt. I found some stuff including a big Inoceramus (Thx @caterpillar for helping with ID) The place look promising but I could not find further publication or information about that. Searching for geologic maps, I found this site: http://www.geokniga.org/maps and thanks to this and the now known age of Inoceramus, I managed to pin point on map the formation. I searched only within the red area marked. The formation is called Sumer formation (U pronounced as Sumerian, not summer) and its age is Middle Aptian to Albian. On the site, there is another formation of Neogene age, hardly accesible for most of its part. The whole place is absolutely beautiful, you can see pelicans, various species of butterflies and some trouts if you observe in the water. The formation is very big and can be divided in 4 parts. 1st and biggest part is NE of the highway. This part is harder to access as you need to cross the river from the point where it is much deeper, and as it seems on this picture, there is no place where you can prospect. 2nd part is a small strip on the shore of the river and the rest of the formation is under the water. You can see it here. On this point I found the big Inoceramus. 3rd part, you need to walk through the shallow point of the river and you end up again in a small shore with lenght 80-100m. 4th part are the rest areas marked on the map as smK, either not accesible without hiking, or within private properties or just not yet seen by me. So far, I have visited this formation 3 times. My finds: Inoceramus as whole, partial imprints and fragments of shell. Ammonites, yet not identified as there is not a single piece of info for this place. Part of heteromorph ammonite, sadly poorly preserved to collect. Here is the heteromorph, or at least parts of it and the other one I have no idea of spieces. Another unidentified ammo here and next one And here is another (?) Inoceramus I think. The formation has a satisfying yield of fossils, howver most of them are poorly preservated. The sediments are very loose and extremely fragile. Moreover, all fossils from this location are hard to photograph, I guess not enough contrast. The last pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 750D, with settings for micro inside a photobox, however I found it very difficult to properly show the fossils. Made some corrections with photoshop, yet not enough. Time permitting, I will soon visit another place 30Kms SE hoping to find some heteromorps. Again spotted while driving, https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1386022,23.702122,3a,75y,277.03h,90.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6awrmLsDC72sWJHf8NfdyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Map says Aptian-Albian, Campanian-Maastrichtian Hope you enjoy, any tips for the camera would be appreciated!
  6. Hey folks! Need some help with 4 gastropods. Age: Eocene, Priabonian Location: Bulgaria, Black Sea Super family : Stromboidea I have already asked on a facebook page about gastropods, received some constructive comments. I will publicise my original inquire and some comments I received. The first one (photos 1-3) I believe it is Oostrombus auricularius, after a friend guided me that it looks Stromboidea family. The second one (photos 4-6) must be Stromboidea as well, but cannot find a closer match. If you notice, the cone protrudes more than the first, so I am sure not the same species. Pictures 7-10 I would say again Stromboidea. It's form is again different compared to the second. Last one, I have no clue. The second is the most common and I have found a couple, while all the rest are single finds. Hope someone helps to narrow them down. This was my question on the page. Some comments: "Last one looks Stromboidea aswell, but... Third one looks Conus to me" "if it is priabonian, it is Oostrombus naticiformis, not auriculatus" Through this comment, I managed to find this page. Actually, the person who replied is the author of this article, so I assume he has good knowledge of gastropods. He has a silicon mold, search in the link for "Silicone mold of Oostrombus naticiformis (Oppenheim, 1901); Priabonian, upper Eocene; Alonte near Lonigo, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy; Coll. Virgilio Liverani" So I put them on side: The third one of this picture, must be O. naticiformis. The second shall be Oostrombus sp, yet probably different. The first, no idea. Please let me know if you want more pictures, which specific angle photographed. I really want to find out about these gastropods.
  7. Hello! I am assisting a friend identifying this tooth. He found it in Anisian limestone and so far has not managed to find any further information, since there is not a single publication. The environment is marine, since there are shell imprints, without any shell preserved, so he assumes it belongs to a fish. Another friend said that it might even belong to a reptilian and the teeth have crushing form. It's size is around that of a dime, maybe slightly larger. Any help would be appreciated!
  8. Yan11

    Cetacean Skull Fragment?

    Hi guys, I found this bone cluster on the shore of the Black Sea, near the city of Balchik, Bulgaria. From the region there have been findings of Miocene cetaceans, seals and some ground megafauna. The more circular bone somewhat reminds me of an ear bone but comparing it with pictures of fossil dolphin ear bones I can't say if it really is one. So my question is if it is an ear bone and if it is, does that mean that´s a part of a skull? Any help on the identification of the fossil will be very much appreciated! Best regards!
  9. Hello everyone! Been long time I haven't done anything fossil wise due to weather and work obligations. Yet this weekend I went to NW Bulgaria checking a lower Cretaceous spot. As per the map its Berriasian to Hauterivian. I started cleaning slowly and found out its a spiky type. Any direction towards species, so that I know approximately its shape and don't mess up cleaning? It's small in size, the visible part being 1 1/2".
  10. Dimitris

    Echinocorys edhemi

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2c Section (Бяла 2c) Danian, 0-25m above the K-Pg boundary
  11. Dimitris

    Seunaster bouillei

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2b Section (Бяла 2b) Maastrichtian, 45-0m below the K-Pg boundary This one was extracted directly from the formation at the same level with the sea.
  12. Dimitris

    Seunaster bouillei

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2b Section (Бяла 2b) Maastrichtian, 45-0m below the K-Pg boundary This one was extracted directly from the formation at the same level with the sea.
  13. Dimitris

    Seunaster bouillei

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2b Section (Бяла 2b) Maastrichtian, 45-0m below the K-Pg boundary This one was extracted directly from the formation at the same level with the sea.
  14. Dimitris

    Echinocorys ex gr sulcata

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2b Section (Бяла 2b) Danian, 0-45m above the K-Pg boundary
  15. Dimitris

    Echinocorys ex gr sulcata

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2b Section (Бяла 2b) Danian, 0-45m above the K-Pg boundary
  16. Dimitris

    Echinocorys ex gr sulcata

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2b Section (Бяла 2b) Danian, 0-45m above the K-Pg boundary
  17. Dimitris

    Echinocorys edhemi

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2c Section (Бяла 2c) Danian, 0-25m above the K-Pg boundary
  18. Dimitris

    Echinocorys edhemi

    From the album: Bulgaria - Echinoids

    5-12-2020 Byala, Bulgaria Byala 2c Section (Бяла 2c) Danian, 0-25m above the K-Pg boundary
  19. Yan11

    Weird sea mammal bone

    Hi guys, I found this bone on the Bulgarian shore of the Black sea, near Balchik. In the region there have been found the remains of cetotherium sp., dolphins, seals, flamingos and others. I am wondering though what exact bone it is and of course of what. I thought that it may be a part of a fin or something like that, but I failed to find a photo of a bone like this. Any help for the identification will be very much appreciated! And happy soon to be new year!!
  20. fifbrindacier

    Ammonites Brachiopods Rudist

    Hi everybody, Dimitris sent me some nice stuff and I'd like your opinion about them. A cretaceous ammonite, maybe protetragonites An Oxfordo-callovian one Rynchonellids from the Trias of the Nechinska bara river That rudist from the Maastritchian of Mont Ptoon, Grèce.
  21. Dimitris

    Mollusc? Found on a river outcrop

    Hello everyone! Today, on my way back from Jurassic hunting, I stopped on a small river I had seen the other time. The location is this 43.297077, 23.397995 Picture shown on google is either irrelevant to exact location or something I have not seen. Anyway, the location as per Rockd is Early Cretaceous. I cannot find a geological map for the exact location. The closest known to me is Maastrichtian, 30km SW. In the area around, there are confirmed Eocene formations as well. The site is characterised by dark shales, which are very loose and easy to split even with bare hands. The fossil is this: Imprint left from its shell on the other side of the stone. I tried to find other fossils in the area around in hope to find something distinctive to determine age. One brachipod and maybe a part of an ammonite. The place where I found the fossil is this General aspect on the other side I have not visited, due to the river. It is what is seen from the road.
  22. Hi, Even in this hard times of corona virus outbreak I couldn't resist the urge to visit again a cave that I found a few weeks ago, but couldn't explore it fully. So I went again and this last time I went in the cave I found a great number of bones scattered around the cave. I think they are probably modern, but it is weird because the cave isn't very easily accessible for animals since it has a few big drops. I found this tooth in a small ,,room,, which was barely big enough to squeeze in to. In that same place there were a small broken skull and many bones, but this is just one of the many places with such bones. At first I even thought that some explorers ate a chicken or something like that in there, but the bones are just too many and THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A CHICKEN SLAUGHTER FEST. I would be glad to hear your opinions on what creature is this toot from and if it is modern or ancient. The color I guess would suggest modern but i am no expert on how are bones preserved in caves and sadly I have no information on the age of the cave. I hope you are all fine and the virus never gets to you!
  23. Yan11

    Feather from the neogene

    Hi guys, Last week I was on a vacation in Balchik on the northern coast of the black sea and I visited a small fossil site there. It's a small shoreline littered with mudstone and limestone (I think). Previously there I have been finding bones of sea mammals but this time I found something even more interesting... From what I can tell it's a feather. I just wanted to ask you if you can confirm that it's a feather. I was also wandering if there is anyway that it is a modern birds feather somehow imprinted on the fallen rock. Happy New Year to everyone !!!
  24. michele 1937

    Bulgaria

    Seeking publications of Creta sup. (cephalopodi) Bulgaria locality Pleven I thank Michele
×
×
  • Create New...