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Hi all, I've decided to finally make an account on here. Accountant here, working for the big4, but in my spare time, I LOVE to go out for a fossil hunt. Takes me away from the rat race and puts everything into perspective. Living a few hours away from the french finding places Cap Blanc Nez and Cap Griz Nez, that's usually my go to place to stroll the beach and find something interesting. I have a nice collection of minerals lying around here as well. Also very interested to learn about other fossil locations in France. I'm often in the French Alps and in the bay of the Somme, (Normandy) near Dieppe. Picture below is from one of my latest trips. The specimens haven't been cleaned yet, I usually bring them in like this, and am always up for tips on how to best preserve them. I also added a few other pictures I really like. I did find a few things that I haven't been able to ID yet, so I'm hoping some of the experts here on the forums will be able to. Thanks and see you all around!
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Ichthyosaur paddle digit (Wimereux): hit or miss
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all, Found this stone at Pointe aux Oies in Wimereux two days ago, amongst the pebbles collected next to a shelve down towards sea from the spot where I had found an ichthyosaur vertebra (on matrix) two days before this find. I picked it up because 1) the stone is unusually flat; 2) has exactly the right shape and thickness to it for an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur paddle bone (see picture below); 3) has certain ornamentation top and bottom; 4) seems to be of a different type of stone than I've generally come across in the area; and 5) has some weight to it. It vaguely reminds me of paddle bones found in the Oxford Clay at Peterborough. Yet, what makes me doubt, though, is that there is no clear radial ornamentation on either top or bottom of the piece, as would by typical for an ichthyosaur paddle bone. A friend of mine, more familiar with fossils from the region, suggested it could be a crocodile scute, as the ones found further up the coast, but this, to me, seems unlikely, as 1) the ornamentation on my find differs significantly from what's typical for crocodilians; 2) the underside is not flat as it would be for crocodile; and 3) the piece seem to thick for a scute. Size is about 4.4 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm (1.7 x 1.3 x 0.6 ") Brachypterygius extremus paddle from Ichthyosaurs: a day in the life... My piece reminds me of the radius. Now my question is: Is this just a rock - i.e. am I seeing things because I really want to - or is it an actual fossil? Is this an ichthyosaur paddle bone/phalange or something else?- 10 replies
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Hi all, Found this pebble on the beach close to Audresselles (Cap Gris Nez area, Boulonnais) amidst the heavy rain and wind yesterday. Initially, I thought it was just a piece of odd-looking fossilised plant-material, with a faint thought in the back of my mind that may be it could be a fish skull. When I checked it this morning, I was able to confirm the piece is smooth on the outside, and seems to have what appears to be bone fibres on the inside. In other words, I'm convinced now that it actually is bone, though still have no idea what kind...
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