Nothos Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 (edited) Hi fossils friends, as usual, I've hunt this afternoon in Upper Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic) from East France. I was at my favourite place, a very small quarry at about 20 km from home where usually nobody else hunt ! That was a very good hunt, with 6 good Ceratites nodosus ! I usually am happy when I find a good one ... See the result of the collect. Hope they will be nice at the preparation (It's always a surprise with Ceratites, even if they looks good !) Edited July 5, 2013 by Nothos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Nice finds; I like sites which few people visit as well - more peaceful! Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 Thanks Thomas ! Yes, you're right, quiet, peaceful and good fossils ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Congratulations! 6 on one day, and they all look promising! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 Thanks Roger ! Yes 6 in about 3 hours is really good, and much more for this little quarry. Me happy !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Nice haul.. Can't wait to see them prepped! Do these have their shell or are they all just steinkerns? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 Hi, unfortunately (or not ...) Ceratites are NEVER preserved with shell. They are always steinkerns. It's a particularity for these Cephalopods. But I love their suture lines, so it's good for me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Nice fossils! A peaceful quarry sure beats the roadcuts I collect. Logging trucks at 65 mph are quite scary.... Nothos, the location you gave under the profile picture is great! Gabe I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Hi Gabe, thanks for your comment. Oh yes I see what you mean, I also sometimes collect in very large quarries and it's not the same work. I know how enormous and frightening can be some machines. Thanks for your comment about my location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Hi ! Just a quick visit this morning in my favourite quarry, and found a nice Ceratites nodosus. Seems promising, me happy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Nice finds! Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Awesome finds Nothos!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Many thanks fossils friends ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everhardus Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Very nice finds ! Gr,Marcel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Hi ! I post here some new pics from my last trips in my favourite little Triassic quarry ! Hope you'll like them ! Pic 1 : Ceratites nodosus in-situ in the layer like I love them Pics 2 / 3 / 4 : Another large Ceratites nodosus in-situ in the layer Pic 5 : 2 Large Ceratites nodosus found yesterday. Pic shows the fossils as I found them. Pics 6 / 7 : A recently prepared one :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 The result from yesterday's hunt. So hurry to begin the prep ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Found from another quarry : Different Ceratites species. Here are Ceratites praenodosus, evolutus, spinosus or sublaevigatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Mmmmmm, I can almost smell the fresh rock! "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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 very interesting to see such nice fossils that can't be found in texas. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Hi ! I post here some new pics from my last trips in my favourite little Triassic quarry ! Hope you'll like them ! Ooooh, I do! Gorgeous when cleaned up. Excellent specimens! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Love those in-situ pics. Nice haul in that last post! Is that a bivalve or something other than a ceratite in the middle? (round thing) I like the one on matrix, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 Yes, I also love finding fossils in the layer, it's so exciting ! You're right, the fossil in the middle is an Entolium discites (Bivalve). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothos Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 @ Auspex : Yes fresh rock odour is so exciting I love that too ! That's why I try to hunt as often as possible ! @ Danwoehr : Yes, as I like to say, Triassic fossils are not known enough. That's a pity, Triassic Ammonoids for example can be sooooooooooooo diversified and beautiful ! (See my gallery !) @ Pfooley : Thanks for "liking" my fossils . And thanks for the cleaned specimens, I'm not very well tooled, far of it, but often, it's just a question of time. I can have very good results at the prep, but it takes a few hours. After that work, I can just be more proud of my fossils, and much more when found by myself ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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