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Hi My wife and I have just returned from a relaxing week on the Yorkshire coast, walking and looking for ammonites. We didn’t find much but what we did find were pretty rare. First some scenic pics: The last is Whitby Abbey which features in Dracula. First ammonite, an Asteroceras multi block. Second, a androgynoceras multi block Third Paltechioceras (extremely rare and needs glueing back together and prepping) Peronceras subarmatum Apoderoceras subtriangularae (rare and in solid pyrite) all ammonites need prepping and they were mainly from Robin Hoods Bay. Finally, a promising crinoid block. Sadly no bone (apart from a few pyritic ribs)
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From the album: Lias Group fossils from the Whitby, UK region
The top, complete specimen may be Passaloteuthis turris. The bottom-left, complete specimen may be Parapassaloteuthis zieteni. Remaining specimens are partial. Top specimen was collected in Runswick Bay from a fallen shale block in three pieces and reassembled. Other pieces found as shown. All cleaned and brushed with beeswax dissolved in turpentine.© CC-BY
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From the album: Lias Group fossils from the Whitby, UK region
This surf-worn cobble shows three ichthyosaur vertebrae, and six rib pieces, three on either side, with one longer one right at the surface. Insets at right show other views with other fossils showing. I think the four objects in the top-right panel are ammonite outer whorl cross-sections, possibly Dactylioceras gracile. I thought they were paddle digits initially, but after preparation they show scalloped margins. The bottom-right view shows clear ammonite cross-sections and another object similar to those in the top-right. Cobble was polished with sandpaper.© CC-BY
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Hello, I saw this little tooth from the Oxford clay formation. Its offered as Steneosaurus, but I wanted to ask if there could be a chance if it could be a small Pliosaur tooth. Its 19mm in length. Thanks for any help !
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Solnhofen ammonite. What species is It?
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From the album: Lias Group fossils from the Whitby, UK region
Complete bivalves. The specimen on the right seems like an oyster. Found on the beach as is, except for one coat of beeswax in turpentine.© CC-BY
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Hi friends, I got this UK vert when I was 15. At that time, the seller told me that the location is ‘UK Jurassic Ammonites Beach'. However, when I saw this vert yesterday, I noticed that I can't figure out which formation it's from... looks like Kimmeridge Clay or Oxfordshire. Anyone can help me? Also, I think my vert is like AB in the second pic, anyone know which part of the vert it belongs to? Really thanks!
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I acquired this ammonite fossil which had been dated to the Jurassic of Morocco. As you can see from the photo, it is approximately 4 cm in length. Can anyone identify the species?
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From the album: Ammonites
Schlierbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Toarcian (Jurassic). Bought from a private collection. -
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Calvados, France. Oxfordian (Jurassic). Bought from a private collection. -
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Bajocian (Jurassic). Dagestan (Russia). Bought from a private collection. -
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Bajocian (Jurassic). Dagestan (Russia). Bought from a private collection. -
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Bajocian (Jurassic). Dagestan (Russia). Bought from a private collection. -
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Toarcian (Jurassic). Svinyachka river, Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia). Bought from a private collection. -
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Callovian (Jurassic). Dubki Quarry, Saratov Oblast (Russia). Bought from a private collection. -
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Callovian (Jurassic). Spartak Quarry, Ryazan Oblast (Russia). Bought from a private collection. -
Hi everyone, I went fossil hunting in a fossiliferous quarry in Slovakia yesterday, for the first time ever. The quarry is mostly composed of upper Jurassic and lower Cretaceous limestone, nicely segmented along layers. I had found a couple of ammonite, belemnite and bivalve "prints" in the clay layers, but something else caught my attention: a massive rock I could barely fit into my hand, beautifully calcified, its uppermost layer endowed with patterns reminiscent of ammonite shells, even with an opening reminiscent of the entrance to an ammonite's shell. So I'm asking the qualified: ammonite or not? Ps: adding some photos of the shell prints and the quarry itself too, if it helps
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I have a layover this week at Porto airport (Portugal) and so I’m curious if there is any place in or near the city to shop for good Portuguese fossils. All the rock shops I can find online seem very mass-market-crystals–focused, no fossils. @Vieira, any thoughts?
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The weather has been such this year that some of the crops are coming in earlier than usual, so I figured there might just be the one or the other field already plowed up. I know quite a few which could give up a few fossils (I'm concentrating on ammonites mostly now and leave the brachis and bivalves lying), so I took off just after lunch and spent the afternoon and early evening driving to the one, walking over it and then driving on to the next one, walking over it, and so on. Some of them still had something growing on them, but others were, as I had been assuming, ripe for the picking. Although a few didn't yield anything worth taking, there were a couple which did, and particularly a heap of stones at the edge of a field had a couple of big 'uns. I didn't think to take along my camera while striding up and down, but I did remember at the end of the hunt to at least take a few photos of the finds before I headed off to the nearest restaurant for a wiener schnitzel. I'm hoping to get them prepped next week at my friend's workshop along with my finds from Pas de calais and a few other things. He's had to postpone the visit a couple of times because of stress at work, so I'm crossing my fingers that it works out this time. The finds are mostly from the middle Jurassic, although the large one from the pile of stones may be from the Late Jurassic. I'll know better once they're prepped and I can id them better.
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some of the fossils i find within the lusitan Basin and other deposits. hope you enjoy
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Hi guys, I’ve got a few marine reptile teeth from the Oxford clay of Peterborough has anyone got a good resource for identifying them? 1. looks plesiosaur in shape but I don’t think the striations match and there is a carina I think 2. pretty sure this is croc, Metriorhynchus superciliosus? 3.. metriorhynchid?
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Eunicites proavus was originally described by Germar in 1842 as belonging to the Myriapoda under the name Geophilus proavus. It was considered a nomen dubium by Scudder (1885). The body of Eunicites is very often covered with calcite crystals and poorly preserved. Often only the jaw apparatus is clearly visible. References: Germar, E. F. (1842). Beschreibung einiger neuen fossilen Insecten I. in den lithographischen Schiefern von Bayern und II. im Schieferthon des Steinkohlen-Gebirges von Wettin. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 5:79-94. Scudder. S. H. (1885). The geological history of myriopods and arachnids. Psyche 4:245-250 Eller, Eugene Rudy (1945). Scolecodonts from the Trenton Series (Ordovician) of Ontario, Quebec, and New York. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 30: 119–212, plates I–VII. https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=413057
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From the album: Lias Group fossils from the Whitby, UK region
Dactylioceras sp. ammonites from the Whitby, UK area. I have not tried to work out which species they are, so if you have answers on that let me know! Prepped from nodules with a dremel engraver, coated with beeswax dissolved in turpentine.© CC-BY
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From the album: Lias Group fossils from the Whitby, UK region
Peronoceras sp. ammonites from the Whitby, UK area. Species identifications are tentative. If you know this material, please let me know if you agree. Prepped from nodules with a dremel engraver, coated with beeswax dissolved in turpentine.© CC-BY
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In past, I was afraid of the tooth damage, so I put adhesive on the tooth. But adhesive parts turned white, because it didn’t dry properly, so I requested an acquaintance to restore it. Fortunately, removing adhesive was successful. Due to, the striation looks clearer. Here’s check it. Lastly, more closer striations.
