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Silvershark

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #1

I have some new fossils added to my collection! I've sold off some of the collection to focus on the shark fossils instead and have a few new additions.

There are:

Hybodus dorsal spine
Lissodus tooth
Sawshark rostral tooth
Myliobatis tooth
Myliobatis tail spine

(and a Severnichthys fish tooth but no space to attach that as well).

This brings my total number of fossils up to 28 (I think)!

 

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matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Dec 6, 2006

• #2

Those are fascinating.

I had a fixation with fossils when I was very young,we made a couple of visits to the famous fossil beach at lyme regis in cornwall on summer holidays,
(you must be familiar with this place).

My ultimate goal was to find a complete ammonite the size of a dustbin lid!

Do post more pics of your collection,very interesting.

Matt

 

Silvershark

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #3

I've never been to Lyme Regis, have found my own fossils at whitby but they were in shale rock and made everything filthy, the only decent fossil I've ever found was a plant impression on a rock but my mum threw it out while I was at school one day!

There is a website for my fossils if you want to view them all here - http://www.freewebs.com/silversharkfossils/ (mods, remove link if it isn't allowed!) There's too many to post up in attachments lol

 

Kits

Picture Picker

Social Media Editor

• Dec 6, 2006

• #4

Fabulous pictures, Kat. A really interesting hobby, and well done on your website too.

 

Silvershark

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #5

Thank you I've got my eyes on a few more now too...I sold things on eBay to buy new fossils and I've made more than this lot cost me now lol

 

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chris3871

Explorer Extraordinaire

• Dec 7, 2006

• #6

Silvershark said:

I've never been to Lyme Regis, have found my own fossils at whitby but they were in shale rock and made everything filthy, the only decent fossil I've ever found was a plant impression on a rock but my mum threw it out while I was at school one day!

There is a website for my fossils if you want to view them all here - http://www.freewebs.com/silversharkfossils/ (mods, remove link if it isn't allowed!) There's too many to post up in attachments lol

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Those really are amazing, and your website's got some right good ones. I like the ones of the fish skeltons.

Whenever we've been to find fossils its always been up Whitby way, Robin Hood's Bay's pretty good for them. I remember when i was just a nipper we were up there with the YOC, and someone found an ammonite preserved in Fool's gold. I've probably already told you that, but it is my favourite fossil story. I have a few ammonite sections that I found and a broken belomite amongst some other fossilised shells and things. Its a really interesting hobby, but I never know what the law is with nicking stones off a beach? I don't suppose too many people mind me taking one or two, but you're not really meant to are you?

 

PeterK

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2006

• #7

Hi Kat Yep really good pics, Ive got one shark tooth in my rather dismal collection "Otodus obliquius", most of my collection was part of an interest in geology, and was collected during caving and forays in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and North Wales.

Why did you decide to specialise in Shark fossils, I know from other forums of your interest in sharks, so suspect there is a connection.

Good Hunting PeterK

 

Silvershark

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2006

• #8

Yeah, it was the interest in sharks that sparked off the collection. I suppose I went to the reptile fossils the variety of sharks teeth that were at a reasonable price were limited, and there wasn't a range of species teeth to buy hence I broadened out to the other types of fossils. Now though I've found a seller who has so many different types of shark teeth from all over the world and from different periods in history, plus the other fossils looked odd when the majority of the collection was from sharks! When it came down to it, I wanted money to buy new shark fossils (particularly the hybodus dorsal spine) and I had to get the money from somewhere!

 

Chris-Leeds

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2006

• #9

The site looks good and I'll give it more attention when I've more time.
Nice one.

 

BazR

bazr

• Dec 7, 2006

• #10

Thanks for the pics Kat. Fossils fascinate me, but I've only got a couple that I've picked up on beaches. I was in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford a couple of weeks ago looking at their fabulous collection. Well worth a look if ever you're that way on.

All the best.
Baz.

 

Silvershark

Well-known member

• Jan 24, 2007

• #11

Got some more fossils on the way next week...my collection has increased up to around 40 now! Still working on the website, found a few images to use but I'll need to do some of my own I think lol

And I apologise for not been around much...really need to get to posting with all the nice people here! lol