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30.000 people have now signed the petition. This is a strong signal. Thank you all for contributing! All European countries need to transmit the EU guideline 2014-60 into national law. Following the guideline palaeontological stuff is newly considered as cultural good. This now causes the problems ...

Hello together, thank you for your solidarity in the name of the German fossil scene! I am totally with sjaak: collectors (scientists and also most of the merchants) rescue fossils from erosion in the field and destruction in quarries. Most are willing to contribute to science (and some are very ...

Dear friends, thank you very much for supporting us - this is really great and the members of the German fossil and mineral communities are very pleased that you do this for us. As Frederik said we are an international community and normal fossils should know no national borders. The ...

Hello together, sorry for writing in english, unfortunately we germans normally don´t know to speak and write dutch, whilst you dutch can cope with our language (which I really appreciate), anyway I understood most of what has been said here, so I´ll write some hopefully calming words. I´ve also be ...

Hello together,

nice hunting trip and interesting finds, thanks for sharing the photos.

The nautilid (I think you can call him Cenoceras) is a rare piece. Is it from the Callovian?

Best regards and congratulations
Sönke

Hi strandjutters, the ammonite belongs definitely to the Hoplitidae, but as you´ve said the spines aren´t typical for Hoplites dentatus. Taking a look at your photos, I guess it could be a Hoplites maritimus - you can compare it here: http://www.gaultammonite.co.uk/pages/Ammonoidea/Hoplites_m ...

Hallo Nik,

ik denk ook dat het Foto 2 recente exemplaren zijn, en hoewel van Dentalium.

Vergelijkingen hierbij:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentalium_%28genus%29

Groetjes
Sönke

Hallo Marcel und Erik,

eine gute Ausbeute, die Ihr da gemacht habt.
Als ich letztes Jahr dort war, habe ich leider fast nur Brachiopoden gefunden. Ein regulärer Seeigel war nicht dabei. Wahrscheinlich ist durch den Winter nun wieder einiges freigespült worden.

Viele Grüße
Sönke

Hi Pete,

this may be an Arnioceras, but with a little question mark because of it´s little dimension.

Nice piece!

Sönke

The heteromorphic ammonite pieces on your last photo belong to the species Hamites.

Cheers
Sönke