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My humble fossil collection minus one

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These are my fossils from the Maastricht formation.
2 complete belemnite guards in the top left corner.
1 broken piece of a larger belemnite guard in the lower left corner.
3 fragmentary belemnite guards in the middle.
1. fragment of an ammonite. 

I also have a larger fragmentary ammonite from France that is still mostly encased in chalk and I need to preparate it. I could have also dug out the rest, but I did not have time so I only excavated a tip of it that broke off when a chunk of chalk fell down and broke from the rockface. Otherwise, I could have glued it together to make a complete ~15cm diameter ammonite. :/

I intend to greatly expand this collection over the course of the years. 
Actually, I would have attended an annual dig in the Lourinha formation this year, however, my holiday season was just off the mark. So during my summer break there will only be a dig in Angola in the same formation where Prognathodon kianda was found, which I might actually go to if I'm lucky.

And if I'm lucky I might be able to take in some extra spare days, in which case I will go to the Lourinha formation and participate with the digs.
Image size
4128x2322px 2.85 MB
Make
samsung
Model
SM-A510F
Shutter Speed
1/156 second
Aperture
F/1.9
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
40
Date Taken
May 20, 2017, 10:44:56 AM
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JacoBaryonyx's avatar
I have a Spinosaurus tooth a mosasaur tooth oh and a coprolite from a turtle (idk what species the coprolite or the mosasaur tooth are from.)