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Today I did some pics of a huge piece of rock from the famous (today closed, forbidden to dig...) basalt-pit Weitendorf near Graz in Austria. It was miocene vulcanism covering sweetwater-sediments containing lot of snails, shells, rarely crabs and other fossils. Some of the snails are preserved with color patterns, but it is rare. So, when I did the pics and worked on them last hour I found two of them. One is Natica tigrina millepunctata, I think this gots the name "millepunctata" due to the lots of dots Size is approx. 2 cm, small one, but perfect!
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Hello, Not really a "hunting trip", just a quick look around, because the somewhat "famous" Miocene locality Weitendorf, Styria, Austria is a natural monument and collecting is strictly forbidden. However, not everybody minds this... There is a large, recent dig near the new access ramp. Situation on the photos is as found at 15. April 2017. Lots of broken fossils are lying around. Best regards Franz Bernhard