Brevicollis Posted Wednesday at 04:05 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:05 PM Hello, Im not sure if this belongs into Fossil ID section or here, but as this is more a question, I think that this is the right place for this topic. I have many hundreds of belemnites and belemnite fragments like split or sanded ones collected over the past 8 years on the beaches of Schleswig Holstein, and Denmark. And now I wondered, if it is possible to identify these, as I would love to have a scientific name beside them except only belemnites, as multiple species are known. Thank for any help ! Are good signatures really that important ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted Wednesday at 04:27 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:27 PM (edited) 25 minutes ago, Brevicollis said: Hello, Im not sure if this belongs into Fossil ID section or here, but as this is more a question, I think that this is the right place for this topic. I have many hundreds of belemnites and belemnite fragments like split or sanded ones collected over the past 8 years on the beaches of Schleswig Holstein, and Denmark. And now I wondered, if it is possible to identify these, as I would love to have a scientific name beside them except only belemnites, as multiple species are known. Thank for any help ! It's commonly difficult or even impossible without knowing the exact bed, especially with fragments. Genus might be possible. Post some and we'll try. Edited Wednesday at 04:30 PM by TqB 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted Wednesday at 05:29 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:29 PM Most of them here are from the glacial deposits, the baltic sea floor, or from Rügen or Mön. I'll post pictures of some later, hopefully they are still good enough preserved to further ID them. Are good signatures really that important ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted Wednesday at 06:09 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 06:09 PM Here are two, I found the big fragment last thursday in Schönhagen, laying between the pebbles at the water line at the cliffs there, the smaller tip is from Neustadt, both locations are in Schleswig Holstein at the baltic sea, and are around 70 million years old. Are good signatures really that important ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted Wednesday at 06:32 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:32 PM (edited) That sort of thing is going to be tricky going from first principles. From the colour, I assume they're from the Cretaceous Chalk and the shape suggests Belemnitella or possibly Belemnella as the most likely. Edited Wednesday at 06:33 PM by TqB 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted Wednesday at 08:13 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:13 PM (edited) Of course, those genera are all you get in the Maastrichtian (66-72my), so if the 70my age you gave is about right that's what they must be. Edited Wednesday at 08:16 PM by TqB 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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