astron Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Steve, Scott, Roger, Chris, John, Missourian, Thanks a lot, my friends, for your comments and warm welcomes!!! You are making me feel that nice!!! Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Glad to know the well hasn't run dry. Just the sea (Mediterranean) had run dry those epochs pushing the fossils into a bottomless well. One more example is this recently found Clypeaster brevior sea urchin, one of my favorite echies. Pic1 in situ Pics 2,3,4 after the prep work. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 One more Clypeaster brevior sea urchin... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Very, very nice! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paco Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) Well I see you are once again finding great stuff. D@mn that Megalodon tooth is in bad shape, but I'd love finding one even in that shape, anytime... go find a better one, I'm sick of seeing only the old Schinias finds wherever I look...hahaha. To bad I don't have any Miocene deposits over here, this would have been a great inspiration for me to go out again in the field looking... I love my Pliocene shark teeth very much, searching for them is great and even better is finding them.It's been a long, too long time since my last "hunt", now in Summer my spots get crowded with swimmers and nudists, I don't like walking around with my hammer having to explain what I am doing. Great echinoids and a nice (gluedbacktogether ;-) bullshark tooth there... don't worry you'll find whole speciments in time, now that you've located a new "hotspot". You have the will, time and stamina to keep looking, you've proved that over and over... Edited July 15, 2013 by paco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Congratulations You found the right layer, keep going there !!! Nando Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Love those echinoids! Good to see you back, Astrinos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Roger, paco, Nando, Eric, Thank you very much for the nice comments and words!!! paco, ''...now in Summer my spots get crowded with swimmers and nudists, I don't like walking around with my hammer having to explain what I am doing...'' Agreed... Very interesting you've found some sharks. Despite my extensive search I have found just a few pics of shark teeth from Greece! It would be nice to see one of yours if and whenever it is possible... Edited July 16, 2013 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Astrinos, Welcome back, we missed you. I can't believe the first shark tooth you find is a Meg! Congrats and keep looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echinoman Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) Admirations!! Great echinoids Edited July 17, 2013 by echinoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Astrinos.... Thats a very detailed urchin.... Nice find & prepwork.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Astrinos, Welcome back, we missed you. I can't believe the first shark tooth you find is a Meg! Congrats and keep looking. Gus, Thanks much for your warm words and for the nice comments!!! A Greek saying says: ''A moment brings more than a year''. I was searching for decades and I found my lonely 2 sharks nearly one upon another one month ago!!!!!!!!!!! Despite my hours of searcing not any new alike finds since then!!! Hopefully, it's going to change sometime Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Echinoman and Steve, Thanks much for the nice comments! It would be nice if I could touch the importance of your contributions to the Forum on each one's speciality Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Hello all! Let's give the current echinoids round a go... One more Clypeaster brevior... Edited July 24, 2013 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Another one Clypeaster brevior... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 A Clypeaster altus... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 A Clypeaster scillae... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 And finally, two Schizaster archiaci in two pics each. The first one bears some partial spines still attached to its back. The second one was found into a concretion... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 These urchins are wonderful Have you discovered a new site? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I agree with Chas. They're really great! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Outstanding finds, Astrinos. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Very nice, I like the discovery shots too. Now you've joined the Concretion Crackers Club! (actually you did before, did you? but this might be your best one yet) Seem to be a variety of Clypeaster species there, not just one kind as I would have expected.. Edited July 24, 2013 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Chas, Roger, John, Eric, Thank you, my friends, for the nice comments! Chas, I've walked over the old spots sometimes... There have not any new sites still been left in this area... Eric, You've nailed it! Not the first, but my best concretion ever... Thanks again everyone Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 A Clypeaster scillae... A Clypeaster altus... And finally, two Schizaster archiaci in two pics each. The first one bears some partial spines still attached to its back. The second one was found into a concretion... Hi Astrinos, You know there are just some folks who have an innate sense that allows them to find fossils that the rest of us just cant comprehend. Mighty nice echys! Thanks for showing us the latest! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 Hi Astrinos, You know there are just some folks who have an innate sense that allows them to find fossils that the rest of us just cant comprehend. Mighty nice echys! Thanks for showing us the latest! Regards, Chris Hi, Chris, and thanks very much for the honoring comment!!!!!!!!!! Though, I'd say that the sense you have refered to is mostly increased along with our experience with fossil hunting ... To come to the running finds, despite my increased search, I have not important news on shark teeth... The only found just a small blade (13 mm), with the base of the tooth missing... It reenforces the existence of sharks in the area,,, I have maintained it on a little piece of matrix... Of a higher paleontological importance could be the recently found 9mm fossil bee (?). Not any touch on it afret found. Just its position is not the best, I like it though... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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