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Elcoincoin's collection - part one : Albian of Troyes
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The bad weather gave me time to spend some time classifying. so i spent some time on my albian stuff. Everything has been self collected (surface collected) over the years. Everything is also small, so i chose the screws cases to store them. Everything can be seen on a dedicated galery on TFF : here or in higher resolution on my flickr : here 8 cases... So here we go Ammonites : (3 cases) then crustaceans (2 cases) : Other inverts (2 cases) : And last one : vertebrate remains I hope you enjoy it. that's all for now.
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Hoplites ammonites from the albian clay of Troyes
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From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with Hoplites ammonites from the albian clay of Troyes -
Heteromorph ammonites from the albian clay of Troyes
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From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with heteromorph ammonites from the albian clay of Troyes -
From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with gastropods + miscellanous from the albian clay of Troyes -
From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with crustaceans from the albian clay of Troyes -
From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with crabs from the albian clay of Troyes -
From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with bivalves from the albian clay of Troyes -
From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with various ammonites from the albian clay of Troyes -
From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with vertebrate remains + miscellanous from the albian clay of Troyes -
Whilst visiting my family in England last month, I and my younger daughter Deanne who traveled with me, were fortunate to be driven to Old Hunstanton for two exciting hours of exploring the striking cliffs there. Arriving Overhang It was a lovely sunny day and right off we met a student who was studying Paleontology who was kind enough to show us the ledge where belemnites could be found. Found one! Searching the base continued in next reply
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Hi, Whilst collecting yesterday along the coast between Bonchurch and Luccombe, I was searching around on some accessible parts of the cliff face and came across this very nice, nearly intact ammonite in a scree slope of clay like material (@Ludwigia you were right!). The cliff is divided up between the Sandrock Fm. and the Monk's Bay Sandstone Fm. which are the upper parts of the Lower Greensand group, dating to the Albian stage of the Cretaceous. As far as I can tell it's a likely a member of the Hoplitidae, which is a very common family in the Albian strata here, however considering the fairly nice and nearly whole condition of the specimen would it be possible to ID it further to a genus or even species level? The closest match I can find is Euhoplites bucklandi but even then there are some differences. I've attached images below showing the specimen and it's keel. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Theo
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Hi, Some of you may have seen my post yesterday about unexpectedly stumbling across some ammonites here in the Lower Cretaceous sandstones (Lower Greensand) on the SE Isle Of Wight, on a beach I would never have thought to look. Last night I headed back down there with the intention of properly collecting and testing how abundant this new site was. I was not disappointed. I scrambled along the rocks from Bonchurch and got down there around 7pm, (just a 10 minute walk from my house) and began to systematically scan the beach. Within about an hour I'd picked up more than 50 phragmocones and fragments of ammonites, some of which were a decent size. Phragmocones are by far the most common find, although why this is I'm not sure, possibly due to environmental energy breaking up the ammonites? As far as I can tell the ammonites are parts of nodules which are originating from a hard, glauconite rich bed at the base of the cliff meaning they seem to be from the upper most parts of the Sandrock fm. Some however also seem to come from the Monk's Bay Sandstone fm. (Carstone fm.) which overlays the Sandrock. These were laid down in a shallow sub-tropical shelf sea during the Albian stage (100-113mya), other formations of the Lower Greensand are estuarine/mud flats showing a cycle of sea level rise before the final marine incursion laid down in the Gault (which is also present here on top of the Lower Greensand). As far as species, most of the fragments seem to be members of the Hoplitidae, I've identified one as being Hoplites maritimus, although I think I'll post some up in the ID section as my ammonite knowledge isn't that great. There seems to be much larger ammonites present at the site too, as at the base of the cliff some large moulds could be seen (although the ammonites themselves were gone). There is also an abundance of large pieces of fossilised driftwood, which would likely have originated from land to NE. Needless to say it was a very productive trip (unfortunately the seal didn't return), and it's definitely rekindled my interest in the cretaceous strata here on the island and the fantastic finds it has to offer (I might even start pursuing the dinosaurs again!). If the weather holds I'll head back again this evening to continue investigating the site and the strata, I've also attached images of the finds below (including the larger moulds). The entire haul from the trip, lots of phragmocones An example of the phragmocones Some larger sections of ammonite, although I'm not sure on their ID's
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Hi all, Anyone know what species these bivalves are? They're from Contrisson, France, from which the fossils appear to be from the Albian stage. Thanks for the help, Max
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Pyritized phragmocone.
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Hello all, As each year i made my trip to Troyes and her albian layers in Champagne. On the first day, we decided to head to a first exposure on the bank o the lake. We didnt find much : a few small ammonites, gastropods, bivalves and corals ..... also a few crab fragments, but definitly not much to brag about.... Most of the spot was covered by a layer of dead waterweed, hiding everything. After a quick meal we decided to head to spot 2, another spot by the lake. At second spot, it was even worst : the whole exposure was buried under dry weed. Since there was not much reason to keep on we decided to call it for the day ....with a very very poor loot. On second day i headed alone to our third spot, harder to reach. After a quite long walk in the mud, i reached the exposure. That one was totally free from weed. The spot was very rich. 90 % of the stuff i collected were crustacean parts. Actually the only intersting stuff... but very interesting As a teaser, here come a group view of a part of the etyus martini carapaces i found. The most abundant crustacean of the day. Stopping it for today, to be followed a trip in the numerous species of crustaceans i was able to find.... See you soon
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From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
Sabellidromites scarabaea, a crab from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
Sabellidromites scarabaea, a crab from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France)
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