David Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 HI All! small report of a 2 days trip in germany with a friend of mine... meeting point in the old quarry near Hienheim, deposits are same age than Solnhofen / Eischtatt ones, which are not so far from were we dug so...We wanted to find some brittlestars...when we saw what we had to remove...we first were frightened but we were decided to not come back home with empty crates. Then instaed of sitting at contemplating the layers trying to imagine what they contain, we took pickaxes, shovels and we started First layer at 1,5m depth second at 2.5m depth...so we did and....we found some cool pieces...even if concentration wasn't the same than what we expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Very nice. Looks like a fun spot to "dig". What other items come from this site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Those are great! I assume you have cleaned them. Do you have a picture before preparation? Just curious to see what they looked like out of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 What other items come from this site? héhéhéhé---> brittlestars.... arf...stop kidding well..in fact not many others things...rare undescribed fishes, some small flat ammonites (Gravesia), coprolithes...that day we've "just" found brittlestars. to Mike...yes i cleaned them (and have to progress in sandblasting...) it is very easy and fast so i didn't kept any unprepared ... i'll think about it next time i'll go there. In fact out of the ground ,or you just can't see anything, just a thin form and with luck a little contrast... or there are grey 5 arms brittlestars on beige/orange plate...then you can't miss it, but generally there is both kind of preservation on the plates It is easy to split the layers but it can open 2mm over the fossils and in that case impossible to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Gorgeous stars! Have you found any of the fish you mention? Would love to see pics. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 sorry no...i'd have liked to...! maybe next time?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Those are VERY cool! If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Your brittlestars are very nice, David ! Wohhhhh ! Bravo ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here 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...
Irradiatus Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Wow - those are absolutely stunning! Love me some Ophiuroids! Want! "The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. " - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Very nice finds, thank you for showing them off! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Thank you all ! The ones i showed you are the ones i keep in collection I'll have some for trade soon, time to make some pics... But i'll go digging and to Millau show in a few days so not a lot of time to arrange trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Very nice, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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