rocket Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) 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! Edited November 3, 2022 by rocket 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Yeah, that´s really not common having the pattern on a Natica. Great! Its quite common to have a pattern on Conus snails at this site: A few km away, you need an UV light: You are not allowed to enter the quarry freely, but the fossil bed is now (at least it was from 2016-2020) exposed in an area (Tiefbau) that is not within by the rather small natural monument (Which is mostly covered by debris). This hole, however, was dug into the natural monument: Weitendorf, Styria, Austria - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum Franz Bernhard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, FranzBernhard said: Yeah, that´s really not common having the pattern on a Natica. Great! Its quite common to have a pattern on Conus snails at this site: A few km away, you need an UV light: You are not allowed to enter the quarry freely, but the fossil bed is now (at least it was from 2016-2020) exposed in an area (Tiefbau) that is not within by the rather small natural monument (Which is mostly covered by debris). This hole, however, was dug into the natural monument: Weitendorf, Styria, Austria - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum Franz Bernhard wow, very nice, thanks for showing! Always a "wonder" that patterns and color could be preserved over millions of years..., I think I do not look so pretty in the year 15 000 000 b.c. Some years ago there was a nice report about the site and color pattern In the german Fossilforum STEINKERN, Steinkern.de - Die Fossilien-Community - Die Weitendorf-Sammlung von Herbert Schlemmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 You sure know that Vitta picta and other stuff ? Preservation of colour in fossil shells - Questions & Answers - The Fossil Forum Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 7 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: You sure know that Vitta picta and other stuff ? Preservation of colour in fossil shells - Questions & Answers - The Fossil Forum Franz Bernhard oh, not till 1 minute ago , thanks a lot. I will have a close look on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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