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Hey everyone, So this summer, like most summers, my family went to my grandpa's holiday house in southern France. Seeing that we had many days with nothing planned, I managed to convince them to go fossil hunting one day. At first, I wanted to go to Lacoste, a place known for its echinoids and gorgeous white scallops, but it turns out these quarries are no longer accessible. So instead we went to Carniol, which was a little further away. After only a few hours in the car we arrived at the village of Carniol. "Village" would still be considered being generous: there are no more than a dozen or so houses! And most seem abandoned too... There are two clay exposures on either side of the village, on the side of the road. They aren't hard to find, because the gray clay really stands out from the grass and trees. Both exposures are pretty much exactly the same. We started off at the first one.
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Hi all, Here are some fossils I found at this summer in Carniol, and I would like to know what they are. If the species can be said that would be fantastic. So, the fossils are all from Carniol, France. They are from the "Gargasian", of the Aptian stage of the Cretaceous, some 120'000 years old. Looks like they're all pyrite-replaced. I believe they're some kind of cephalopods, but I'm really not sure. What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance! Max
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Hi, i'd like to show you pieces i brang back from the Permian of Lodève, South of France. I believe those are Lebachiae, but i'd like to know if you agree. Thanks, Sophie.
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A few french trilos preped during the summer 2018
elcoincoin posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
During the summer i found time to empty a bit crates from the recent trilo hunts. Here come some of those recent prep. The samples come from 2 different sites which are only a few kilometers away one from the other. More or less orange ones from one place, black ones from the other. To start with, the emblematic Neseuretus tristani, most common trilos in our area. Those are second grade samples, but still, here they are : -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Uralichas sp cephalon a trilobite from the ordovician shale of La Dominelais (Brittany / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Neseuretus tristani, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Neseuretus tristani, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Neseuretus tristani, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Colpocoryphe rouaulti a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Indet trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) (Prolly colpocoryphe or salterocoryphe sp) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Eodalmanitina sp, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Rolled up Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Eodalmanitina sp, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Colpocoryphe rouaulti a rolled up trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
Cornwall and south Devon 'originally part of mainland Europe'
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Cornwall and south Devon 'originally part of mainland Europe' Study reveals Britain acquired regions when struck by land bearing what is now France, Ima Sample, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/14/cornwall-and-south-devon-originally-belonged-to-europe The open access paper is: Arjan H. Dijkstra, and Callum Hatch, 2018, Mapping a hidden terrane boundary in the mantle lithosphere with lamprophyres Nature Communications. 9, Article number: 3770 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06253-7 Yours, Paul H. -
References: Gaudant, J., et al., (2017) The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat-Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants. C. R. Palevol, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2017.08.002
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Old name: Protriton petrolei.
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Hi everybody, today is a sunny day here and all the past week was sunny. I was in holidays on the boarders of the lake Salagou, which means in occitan (spoken in the south of France) salted taste. This lake is artificial and represent a good reserve of water for the cultures and for the fight against fires. It's soil is from the Permian and composed of red ruffes : clays very rich in oxides of iron.
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From the album: Vertebrates
Dapalis minutus BLAINVILLE, 1818 Oligocene Cereste France -
Before These Parasitic Wasps Finished Devouring Live Flies, They Became Fossils. In fly pupae that turned to stone, scientists found evidence that wasps have been infesting other insects for tens of millions of years. By Nicholas St. Fleur, Aug. 28, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/science/wasps-parasites-fossils.html Digitally Resurrected: Parasitic Wasp Xenomorphia resurrecta Deposits An Egg in a Fly Pupa (IMAGE) https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/179216.php The paper is: Thomas van de Kamp, Achim H. Schwermann, Tomy dos Santos Rolo, Philipp D. Lösel, Thomas Engler, Walter Etter, Tomáš Faragó, Jörg Göttlicher, Vincent Heuveline, Andreas Kopmann, Bastian Mähler, Thomas Mörs, Janes Odar, Jes Rust, Nicholas Tan Jerome, Matthias Vogelgesang, Tilo Baumbach and Lars Krogmann, 2018, Parasitoid biology preserved in mineralized fossils. Nature Communications 9, Article number: 3325. Article | Open | Published: 28 August 2018 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05654-y Yours, Paul H.
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Elcoincoin's collection - part two : My trilobites army
elcoincoin posted a topic in Member Collections
Hi, all Here s a few pictures of my trilobites collection. All are self collected. They all were collectd south of rennes in britanny / France. The 2 most abundant species are Neseuretus Tristani and Ectillaenus Giganteus . There s also quite a few Eodalmanitina and Colpocoryphe rouaulti + a few other (mostly partial) species. I also added a last photo with a very fresh find (last tuesay) , very very cool association : Ectillaenus Giganteus and Eodalmantina sp (with complete caudal spine)
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Eggshell experts out there, came across this fragment said to be Pyroraptor South of France. This is the only picture provided...is it rare and is it Pyroraptor?
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