Ludwigia Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 In the last issue of our German magazine "Fossilien" there was an interesting article about a site right in the middle of my stomping grounds of which I was not aware. My area is practically all Jurassic, but this site is in a basin which exposes a middle miocene maar lake, so the other day I figured I'd go have a look for some gastropods, plants and bivalves. Sorry, I forgot to take my camera again. The area is not all that big and I was able to walk over and around the fields on it within a few hours. There were a lot of loose stones to inspect, but unfortunately there were hardly any fossils to be found despite the fact that I did an awful lot of hammering. At least I came up with a couple of little freshwater bivalves and funnily enough, although this was not mentioned in the description, an ammonite on a late Jurassic limestone block. Pisidium sp. on the left. Can't identify the other one. Any ideas? Trimarginites sp. I still had a couple of hours to spare, so I decided to take a walk over one of my favorite fields near Geisingen and this time I had a bit more luck. Here they are all prepped. Garantiana sp. Prorsisphinctes pseudomartinsi 8 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Can't help with the Miocene piece, but the ammonites are lovely as always. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 16 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Can't help with the Miocene piece, but the ammonites are lovely as always. Thanks Adam. Your presence has just reminded me that there's a terebratulid brachiopod on the back of the limestone block with the Trimarginites. Here you go. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Nice ammos with an old-school ruler My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, RuMert said: Nice ammos with an old-school ruler Yeah. I'm an old school guy. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Right in the middle of your stomping grounds heh. My dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 6 hours ago, Ludwigia said: funnily enough, although this was not mentioned in the description, [I found] an ammonite on a late Jurassic limestone block. Of course you did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 4 hours ago, grandpa said: Of course you did! I just can't seem to avoid these things Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Wonderful finds, Roger - my favourite this time is the Trimarginites sp. with bonus brachiopod on the back - congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Very nice finds Roger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Nice Roger. I specially like the black Garantiana. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Monica said: Wonderful finds, Roger - my favourite this time is the Trimarginites sp. with bonus brachiopod on the back - congratulations! 5 hours ago, nala said: Very nice finds Roger! 4 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: Nice Roger. I specially like the black Garantiana. Thanks everyone. I must admit, I like that Garantiana best as well, although the Trimarginites was a nice surprise. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Your ammonite finds never cease to impress, especially the Prorsiphinctes. For you they turn up in all of the best and most unlikely places. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: Your ammonite finds never cease to impress, especially the Prorsiphinctes. For you they turn up in all of the best and most unlikely places. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. Thanks Jeff. It was a bit of a struggle to coax that Prorsisphinctes out of a very hard block, and the Garantiana as well for that matter, but it was worth it. The latter was from a block only one horizon below the former, but it's remarkable what a difference in coloration there is. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Some folk have all the luck and fun! Congrats on the new location and out of place find. (The other finds are nice too.) 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...
Ludwigia Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 15 hours ago, ynot said: Some folk have all the luck and fun! Congrats on the new location and out of place find. (The other finds are nice too.) Thanks Tony. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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