astron Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Here are two bigger brances. The first one (reminding me of a cedar type) in 3 pics and the second and biggest (42 cm long) in 4 pics. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 The first four hash plates. The last one (in two pics) contains mostly equisetum sp material. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Two mosre hash plates containing mainly equisetum sp. material. The first one in two pics and the second one in four pics. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Last for today is the biggest of the hash plates containing mainly equisetum sp. material, as well (part and counterpart and some close up shots). Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Astron... Wow... This is turning into a national database of specimens... I'm sure the local experts must peruse your finds all the time... The exhibition was outstanding and a good opportunity to share your passion and yiour best finds with everyone... Well done... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Astrinos, I'm touched with your video... and music of course Congratulations Mediterraneanly http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 It was a pleasure watching the video, and I love the music as well! Thank you, Astrinos Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Steve T, Alex, Steve B, Thank you, my friends, for the nice words. I like that music, too... Steve T, I'd like very much to be in touch with a paleontologist and I have tried it but there isn't any neither in the N.H.Museum of our city of Iraklion, nor in the local University....... Alex, Your post gives me the chance to interrupt the plant material presentation in favor of my ... poor first crab.. It's actually so poor in front of the crab marvels that you and other members have displayed in your relative thread, and it's just for saying that I have found one sapmle of these arthropods. This specimen is the only fossil of my finds, that hasn't been found in my hunting area in my village. It was found near our city of Iraklion, where the sediments are quite younger - of the pliocene epoch (zanglian - at about 3 mya). Unfortunately the argilish matrix is very soft and so the feet and the claws were disolved and almost completely lost... Hope in better results sometime... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 '' Steve T, I'd like very much to be in touch with a paleontologist and I have tried it but there isn't any neither in the N.H.Museum of our city of Iraklion, nor in the local University....... '' Astron... Looks like the jobs yours then, Your the expert ... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 A crab! Yay! "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 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hi Astrinos, I know it's a little late, but I still wanted to congratulate you on your first exhibition. I'm sure it won't be the last one what with the growing interest both in lay and professional circles for it. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) A crab! Yay! Thanks, Chas. I'ii take care of my next crab - if it is - to be more decent... Hi Astrinos, I know it's a little late, but I still wanted to congratulate you on your first exhibition. I'm sure it won't be the last one what with the growing interest both in lay and professional circles for it. Thanks indeed, Roger! I do hope so. I always enjoy your exemplary posts... '' Steve T, I'd like very much to be in touch with a paleontologist and I have tried it but there isn't any neither in the N.H.Museum of our city of Iraklion, nor in the local University....... '' Astron... Looks like the jobs yours then, Your the expert ... You made my day, Steve! Thanks a lot for your kind words but I feel that I may be an expert in my next life... For this life the next joke tells somehow a truth... _ What happend with your today race? _ Splendid!!! I won the gold madal!!!!!!!!!!! _ WOW!! A huge congrats then!!! And how many people had participated??? _ Hmmm..... It was ... just me... !!!! _ :rofl: Under these nice conditions I can pleasantly jump into my first fossil wood pieces in two posts... Common characteristic of all 4 pieces is that selenite crystals are spread all over the fossil areas... Here are the first two smaller specimens with matrix (two pics each). _ Edited July 10, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 The last and bigger two wood pieces here (3 pics each). In the first item the fossil has been almost completely replaced by selenite formations... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Steve T, Alex, Steve B, Thank you, my friends, for the nice words. I like that music, too... Steve T, I'd like very much to be in touch with a paleontologist and I have tried it but there isn't any neither in the N.H.Museum of our city of Iraklion, nor in the local University....... Alex, Your post gives me the chance to interrupt the plant material presentation in favor of my ... poor first crab.. It's actually so poor in front of the crab marvels that you and other members have displayed in your relative thread, and it's just for saying that I have found one sapmle of these arthropods. This specimen is the only fossil of my finds, that hasn't been found in my hunting area in my village. It was found near our city of Iraklion, where the sediments are quite younger - of the pliocene epoch (zanglian - at about 3 mya). Unfortunately the argilish matrix is very soft and so the feet and the claws were disolved and almost completely lost... Hope in better results sometime... Hi Astrinos, don't be discouraged, please, that's nice and for sure, if you found one you will find more... I would say that is a Goneplax sample, typical for miocene and pliocene mediterranean muddy bottoms and also extant. Moreover, you would find decapod remains amongst your upper miocene coralline frameworks, sometimes they are not evident but they must be there Go ahead Mediterraneanly http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Hi Astrinos, don't be discouraged, please, that's nice and for sure, if you found one you will find more... I would say that is a Goneplax sample, typical for miocene and pliocene mediterranean muddy bottoms and also extant. Moreover, you would find decapod remains amongst your upper miocene coralline frameworks, sometimes they are not evident but they must be there Go ahead Mediterraneanly Excellent, Alex!!! A hearty thanks so for the id, as for your nice words and infos, that I keep in mind... It's unbelievable, but a while before your reference to decapods, I had found in my village (late miocene) the specimen in the attached pic and I think it's my first fossil of these animals (possibly a crayfish?)!!!!!!! Not a good preservation but enough for your imediate confirmation!!!!!!!!! Amazing!!! I can't still believe what has happened!!! :o Thanks again Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 That is a beauty, great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Hello, Thomas and all. Thanks, Thomas, for the comment! After that pleasant parenthesis I am coming back to the flow of my new plant material starting with a slab that is related both with the pevious unity (woody stuff) and the upcoming one (seeds - fruits). It bears en equisetum sp. stalk section and I think a fruit with all of the carbonized part preserved. Pic 1 the hole slab. Pic 2 a close up of the equisetum piece. Pics 3 and 4 fruit(?) counterpart and part close up shots. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 In this and in the next 3 posts I'ii present some unknown to me seeds or seed-pods or fruits. Any opinions on these items are well accepted and appreciated. Here are the first 5 items. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 The next set of 5. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Two things next. In the pic 1 a seedling section in my opinion and a seed in the rest 3 pics. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 The following two tiny specimens are poaceae seed heads, in my opinion. The first (and spiral one) in two pics and the second (with the little cave) in 3 pics. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 One more puzle is closing the day. What that tiny thing with the long ''tail'' next to the quercus mediterranea leaf could be??? Maybe a seed, a bulb or what? Who knows.... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Excellent, Alex!!! A hearty thanks so for the id, as for your nice words and infos, that I keep in mind... It's unbelievable, but a while before your reference to decapods, I had found in my village (late miocene) the specimen in the attached pic and I think it's my first fossil of these animals (possibly a crayfish?)!!!!!!! Not a good preservation but enough for your imediate confirmation!!!!!!!!! Amazing!!! I can't still believe what has happened!!! :o Thanks again And just like that, a crustacean. I must say, though, that it is rather well-preserved. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) Hello Missourian and all. Thanks very much, Missourian, for the confirmation and for the nice comment! Time to pass into the leaves impressions starting from the willow salix sp. ones. Tsese species seems to be one of the dominating in this area that period of time. Here are pics of the first set of six. Edited July 17, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 The next set of six salix sp. leaves. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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