Comments on: Candles of Wights http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/ A blog about geology, geoscience, paleontology and related topics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Martin http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-159 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:46:25 +0100 http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-159 Belemnites of the family Belemnitellidae, Upper Cretaceous - this specimens are of the Santonian, Campanian in age (ca 75 Ma). Probably genus Gonioteuthis (rather than Belemnitella) - the smaller one should be a juvenile specimen, however I would like to see anterior (not acute) part. The belemnites from Kristianstad area were described in great details by Walter Kegel Christensen 1975. cheers Martin Belemnites of the family Belemnitellidae, Upper Cretaceous - this specimens are of the Santonian, Campanian in age (ca 75 Ma). Probably genus Gonioteuthis (rather than Belemnitella) - the smaller one should be a juvenile specimen, however I would like to see anterior (not acute) part. The belemnites from Kristianstad area were described in great details by Walter Kegel Christensen 1975.
cheers
Martin

]]> by: mark http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-90 Thu, 22 May 2008 19:11:59 +0100 http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-90 Yes, they are common in various areas. I used to collect lots of them from the Cretaceous Mt. Laurel-Navesink Formations in New Jersey, USA. I have specimens of all sizes. I also picked up a few Jurassic belemnites from somewhere in South Dakota. Yes, they are common in various areas. I used to collect lots of them from the Cretaceous Mt. Laurel-Navesink Formations in New Jersey, USA. I have specimens of all sizes. I also picked up a few Jurassic belemnites from somewhere in South Dakota.

]]> by: Antimonite http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-89 Sat, 17 May 2008 11:27:01 +0100 http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-89 Valentin: Thank you for your comment! Valentin: Thank you for your comment!

]]> by: Valentin http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-88 Sat, 17 May 2008 11:02:44 +0100 http://antimonite.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/candles-of-wights/#comment-88 Hello, Let me first compliment the quality of your blog and articles! I'm also a master student in geology, at the Liege University, in Belgium. Your two fossils are indeed belemnites, you can see the grow patterns on the inside the phragmocone. Belemnite are very common in Mesozoic sediments, especially from Dogger to Cenomanian I would say. Here in western Europa, they are found in Middle to Upper Jurassic marls and Late Cretaceous chalk deposits. There are many species of belemnites, the most common one in Belgium is late Cretaceous Belemnitella mucronata, which is usualy of the same size as the biggest in the picture. Valentin Hello,
Let me first compliment the quality of your blog and articles!
I’m also a master student in geology, at the Liege University, in Belgium.
Your two fossils are indeed belemnites, you can see the grow patterns on the inside the phragmocone. Belemnite are very common in Mesozoic sediments, especially from Dogger to Cenomanian I would say. Here in western Europa, they are found in Middle to Upper Jurassic marls and Late Cretaceous chalk deposits.
There are many species of belemnites, the most common one in Belgium is late Cretaceous Belemnitella mucronata, which is usualy of the same size as the biggest in the picture.

Valentin

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