wessex_man Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Hi 'ynot' Eocene Barton is Bartonian 38.0-41.3(Ma). The block is probably derived from an A3 shelly lens. Here's one such lens pictured below. Sometines you get a block in them. Quite a lot of life recorded in the one above it, Scaliola sp., Dentalium bartonense, Rimella rimosa, Venericardia sp. Coral Turbinolia sp. Sharks teeth Striatolamina macrota (Agassiz 1843) to name a few. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex_man Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 My Avatar Galeodea nodosa (Solander 1766) (Cassididae) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex_man Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 I Thought it would be good to show you some pictures of the Location A little warning letting you know that you can get stuck in the mud quite easily. October 2018 showing lots of sand and shingle. Just two weeks later (last week) high tide Tide going out A few finds from last Thursday the clays Sharks Tooth Hypotodus verticalis ? Wood , shell material and part of a Ray Palatte Myliobatis sp. ? Clavilithes sp. (poorly preserved). Jaekelotodus trigonalis Volutospina sp. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Brings back many happy memories. Nice pictures. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Nice! Lovely area to hunt! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossile Bassin Parisien Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Really beautiful your Hippochrenes, I returned yesterday from Barton, unfortunately I have not found. The terrain was very dry, but better finds in the past was in heavy rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex_man Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 Yes it's been dry for the last week or so. It was a bit better last week but with half term lots of footprints just one small sharks tooth and gastropod worth picking up for me. The formation is much collected these days certainly more so than when I first started collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossile Bassin Parisien Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 14/09/2018 at 8:52 PM, wessex_man said: Thanks all for your kind comment's. Yes Tidgy' Dad The mature ones are very difficult. Would like to see what you have from Barton??? There were two of us on the Beach during a Storm Surge when that last one came, mad we are! Saw a hint of it, then partially exposed it. Suspected it was good protected it with mud and dug a block out for safe extraction in better surroundings. Thirty plus years of waiting just goes to show all comes to those who wait serendipity certainly smiled on me that day. I have seen many similar tales on the forum. Now just trying to find one which is showing a transition from Juvenile to adult. I can't believe they put the wing on in such a short term. A block for you all to look at I agree with you David, for the devellopement of the labre that it is a rather long process. Photo of Tibia dewalquei close to the species Hippochrenes Amplus, which shows the evolution of the labre, especially on the 5 th which shows many outgrowths of the labre, and this one is not hung up at the apex We can meet copies with a smaller body already labré than a juvenile with a larger body, can be a question of sex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex_man Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Thanks Vincent I have found smaller fragments which bear this out they are very fragile so to find a compete one would be special indeed. I thought I'd post some more. pictures This one shows a Clavilithes pinus [Clavilithes macrospira] pictures right with an odd Clavilithes sp it's clearly different and not crushed. Elegantiscala acuta Faunus rigidus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex_man Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Some more pictures for you Pseudolivella branderi Rimella rimosa Sconsia ambigua Tornatellaea simulata All my dimensions are in mm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Very nice gastropods. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex_man Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 I don't wish to give the impression that there are only gastropods to be found at Barton. As you all know the Eocene was teaming with life. So here's some pics to show some of the other life which was present. Sharks in the main sand tigers. and they got quite big. Striatolamia Macrota Jaekelotodus trigonalis Ray Myliobatis Sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex_man Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Here's a partial Swordfish rostrum Cylindracanths rectus Boney Fish Vert one of the larger ones Teleosteri Croc Scute these you normaly find in the Headon beds but I was very suprised to find this scute here. You get quite a lot of Turtle fragments here's a few lower jaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi, Nice shells ! 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...
siteseer Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 This has been a very informative thread. I must confess to not knowing much about gastropods but have been collecting shark teeth for a while. I traded with a Barton collector years ago so I have a sample from there. It appears Striatolamia macrota reached its largest size during the Bartonian and then disappears. I've seen a few of that size shown from there and from at least one site in Kazakhstan. Those are nice Jaekelotodus too. I assume it's at least uncommon to find one there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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