Sea urchin fossil from the dump

[Erdspiegel]

Hello,
Yesterday I walked over a 1940s dump-site.Picked up a little fossil from the ground there. 8)
Must have been a part of an old collection.

Identified as 'Galerites':
http://www.seeigel-fossilien.de/varianten_seeigel_galerites.htm

Cheers, Erdspiegel

 

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[Harry Pristis]

Good find, 'Erdspiegel'! I always counted it a good day when, looking for bottles, I found a fossil. . . .Or, vice versa.

 

[Erdspiegel]

Good find, 'Erdspiegel'! I always counted it a good day when, looking for bottles, I found a fossil. . . .Or, vice versa.

Yes that's it,Harry!
And I love that dump site :
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,426852.0.html

Greets, Sven

 

[huntress104]

That's a sweet find you got there. I love the shape and the detail of it.