Phil
Apr 16th, 2007, 05:19pm
Wow, this is a stunning specimen:
http://www.thisisdorset.net:80/display.var.1332361.0.rocky_road_out_of_ stone_age.php
http://www.thisisdorset.net:80/display.var.1332361.0.rocky_road_out_of_ stone_age.php
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View Full Version : [News] Giant ammonite revealed in Dorset, UK. Phil Apr 16th, 2007, 05:19pm Wow, this is a stunning specimen: http://www.thisisdorset.net:80/display.var.1332361.0.rocky_road_out_of_ stone_age.php CapnNemo Apr 16th, 2007, 05:30pm ah the Jurassic Coast, what secrets do you still keep from us? Amazing! Michael Blue Apr 16th, 2007, 05:56pm COOL!! Architeuthoceras Apr 17th, 2007, 08:18pm Very Nice!! 8-) ob Apr 18th, 2007, 05:57am Magdalena, or the ammonite? :wink: Clem Apr 18th, 2007, 12:06pm Magdalena, or the ammonite? :wink: She was featured in Women of Malacology's 2005 annual beach-gear edition. :smile: Michael Blue Apr 18th, 2007, 02:56pm Magdalena, or the ammonite? :wink: LOL! (both) :wink: She was featured in Women of Malacology's 2005 annual beach-gear edition. :smile: Got pics? Steve O'Shea Apr 18th, 2007, 04:56pm You are a naughty lot! Magdalena is my sister! Michael Blue Apr 18th, 2007, 08:34pm You are a naughty lot! Magdalena is my sister! You're polish? I never thought of O'Shea as a polish name, lol! "I have never seen anything like it before," said Polish-born care worker Magdalana Klag. :lol: ob Apr 19th, 2007, 05:39am You are a naughty lot! Magdalena is my sister! Umm.... when she told you "I am sorry, it is because you are like a brother to me", that had to be seen in a totally different context :wink: Maggy is simply too polite to say that Neil Diamond T-shirts just don't do it for her... OK, enough of this! We're a ceph site :grin: Phil Apr 19th, 2007, 06:11am Magdalena O'Shea? There can't be many of those to the pound. Leaving aside the admittedly quite diverting Ms. Klag, what do we make of the ammonite? Is this really Titanites? I thought initially it must be Parapuzosia as it's the largest chalk ammonite I can think of. Even so, this must be pushing for the record if it is one of those. Unless, of course, Ms. Klag is about 18 inches tall. Phil Apr 19th, 2007, 06:16am Oh dear, answering my own question immediately. Yes, it probably is Titanites giganteus or Titanites anguiformis; here are more examples from the same region: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bam2/col-index/fossi-lindex/ammonites/pages/Titanites.htm and: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/portfoss.htm Oh dear, if I'd re-read the article properly I would have noted that the thing was found in limestone, not chalk. What makes it worse is that I used to visit Christchurch as I had a good friend who lived there - I should have remembered. Doh! cuttlegirl Apr 19th, 2007, 07:30am Oh dear, answering my own question immediately. Yes, it probably is Titanites giganteus or Titanites anguiformis; here are more examples from the same region: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bam2/col-index/fossi-lindex/ammonites/pages/Titanites.htm and: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/portfoss.htm Oh dear, if I'd re-read the article properly I would have noted that the thing was found in limestone, not chalk. What makes it worse is that I used to visit Christchurch as I had a good friend who lived there - I should have remembered. Doh! You were just distracted by the lovely Magdalana :grin: . Michael Blue Apr 19th, 2007, 05:28pm Google provided no more pics of her, for those interested, lol! Architeuthoceras Apr 19th, 2007, 05:50pm The ammonite, or Magdalena? :wink: |