Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hello everyone, last week went to Rome airport to give a ride to my friends leaving Italy for Usa, and because it was very early in the morning, I gave a try in a quarry near the airport. Here some pictures: Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 cool... what age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Some of these shells are small, but they are really a beauties Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Pliocene/Pleistocene border , Piacenzian-Calabrian Edited January 11, 2012 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nando---Very beautiful shells are they hard or soft and break easily--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Tom they are not solid like Florida shells, but they are well preserved and hard enough for staying in my collection (or for making a trip in Florida this Spring ) Edited January 11, 2012 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Very nice Nando, the 1st and 7th, first post, look like Aporrhais pespelicani. Edited January 11, 2012 by Bill KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Very nice Nando, the 1st and 7th, first post, look like Apporhais pespelicani. Thanks, Bill; I was getting ready to ask "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...
Sharkbyte Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Wow, those are some very nice fossils. Love the pictures. Bobby "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleFossils Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks for sharing, I always love seeing different fossils and shells from around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hi, I love them ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nando;i was in Roma four weeks ago! and i hadn't find a single fossil! nice shells congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Anhuta just said me : "They are too ugly, he must give them to me because they are going to waste his collection" ! And she don't like shells... Imagine what she would say to you if she really loved them ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nando;i was in Roma four weeks ago! and i hadn't find a single fossil! nice shells congrats! Geri, I was in Rome in that time too, why you did not contact me? Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Anhuta just said me : "They are too ugly, he must give them to me because they are going to waste his collection" ! And she don't like shells... Imagine what she would say to you if she really loved them ! Coco See you both in Colmar this June? Edited January 11, 2012 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan805 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Beautiful shells Nando, do you find teeth in this quarry as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It was a school trip and I accompanied 39 students with two other fellow teachers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Edited my post Apporhais should have been Aporrhais. Common name... Pelicans foot. Edited January 11, 2012 by Bill KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 See you both in Colmar this June? Regrettably, it is so far... Why do you visit only the french show far from Anjou ? Come in the Angers's one ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) the first one anf the pink one are A. pespelecani , n.7 supposed to be A. serresianus. I didn't collect it because it was too fragile and I was without the right tools I left that shell there for the future generations Edited January 11, 2012 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 It was a school trip and I accompanied 39 students with two other fellow teachers that's not the place for 39 kidsm but it would have been nice to meet each other, also because saturday Dec 10 and sunday Dec 11 it was held the Roma fossil and mineral show Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks Nando, I've not come across A. serresianus. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 that's not the place for 39 kidsm but it would have been nice to meet each other, also because saturday Dec 10 and sunday Dec 11 it was held the Roma fossil and mineral show "that's not the place for 39 kids" After their coming, hope to meet each other also too bad for the fossil show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Beautiful shells Nando, do you find teeth in this quarry as well? Just stingray teeth... for the shark teeth, I guess Virginia is a lot better Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Thanks Nando, I've not come across A. serresianus. oh... they are beautiful and beautiful, if complete Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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