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Fossil hunting trip to Cap Blanc Nez (Cretaceous of France)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi everyone, Last week after getting lots of recommendations from people I spend a couple of days at Cap Blanc Nez in France to look for some fossils. And while it wasn't to most bountyfull hunt I did have a lot of fun and I was very pleased with the little finds that I managed to do. We had very nice weather, it was sunny and the temperature was just perfect for fossil hunting, and the cliffs and beach (and landscape overall) were absolutely stunning. The fossils in Cap Blanc Nez date back to the Cretaceous and there are deposits from the Turonian, Cenomanian & Albian. I spent a lot of time searching in the clay deposits which lay on the beach. Besides fossils we also found some washed up marine life: A large jellyfish (Rhizostoma sp.) A washed up Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) A washed up Small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) We also payed a little visit to the beach at Wissant although we didn't went there to search for fossils but to visit an old shipwreck