GallinaPinta Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 So I went to this river thinking i was going to have a blast cannon balling into the deepest areas except I found an excellent specimen and spent the rest of my day collecting amazing fossils. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallinaPinta Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 I believe this is a collection of shipworms, oysters, bivalves and rudists. And fossil corals. According to wikipedia the San Sebastian limestone preserves fossils dating back to the paleogene period 66 million years ago. I find it so bafflingly amazing to have my hands on million year old specimens. What do you guys think? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Those are some nice finds! I wish I knew more about the "younger" periods. And, there is NOTHING like the feeling of realizing your eyes are the first human eyes to ever gaze upon a specimen in the entirety of history. Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Very nice, thanks for sharing! I see fragments of large oysters, some other bivalves, coral colonies, a gastropod steinkern. I am not sure about the shipworms. 46 minutes ago, GallinaPinta said: rudists Would you like to post individual pics of supposed rudists? They were already extinct during the Paleogene, but maybe you have also collected fossils from the Cretaceous or there are some reworked, older fossils in the Paleogene strata. Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Very nice finds! Congratulations! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallinaPinta Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 2:06 PM, FranzBernhard said: Very nice, thanks for sharing! I see fragments of large oysters, some other bivalves, coral colonies, a gastropod steinkern. I am not sure about the shipworms. Would you like to post individual pics of supposed rudists? They were already extinct during the Paleogene, but maybe you have also collected fossils from the Cretaceous or there are some reworked, older fossils in the Paleogene strata. Franz Bernhard I got told these could be rudists but I also got told they could be cassostrea. What do you think they could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I'm leaning towards parts of the hinges of large Cassostreas or similar oysters if you're talking about the 2 in the middle right. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members mr31 Posted August 15 New Members Share Posted August 15 Holaa! Do you still fossil hunt? Is there any tips you recommend? Siempre he querido hacer fossil hunting pero 1) no encuentro grupo 2) no se ni por donde empezar. Gracias! Translation: I have always wanted to do fossil hunting but 1) I can't find a group 2) I don't even know where to start. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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