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  1. Marco90

    Gryphaea arcuata

    From the album: My collection in progress

    Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 Location: Baudrecourt, Moselle, Grand Est, France Age: 199 - 190 Mya (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) Measurements: 6,7 cm (diameter) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Subphylum: Conchifera Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Pteriomorpha Order: Ostreida Family: Gryphaeidae
  2. Pi9meat

    Fossil or not?

    Hi guys, new here just found this whilst strolling by the river here in the south of France in the Tarn. Is it a fossil or just a weird stone? Tia.
  3. Yesterday i went to a new carboniferous hunt ,in the rain,few nice pieces
  4. Yoda

    Ammonites - France

    I have just received these in the post. Didn’t come identified, but wasn’t expensive and took a chance that someone on the Forum might know what Ammonites they were. Info from seller : Callovian, St Laon, Deux Sevres, France
  5. Coco

    Recent Calliostoma

    By showing Sara my current shells, I realized that I have a different Calliostoma in my box of C. zizyphinum. It was found in the Côtes d'Armor in northern France. Its difference lies in the fact that some turns are more marked than on the C. zizyphinum. What do you think about that ? @MikeR? From the web : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliostoma_zizyphinum#/media/File:Calliostoma_zizyphinum_f._laevigata_01.JPG Thanks. Coco
  6. fifbrindacier

    Cambrian trilobites and creatures

    Hi, i've just used my first binocular yesterday and decided to take a look on the pieces of schist i had collected in La Maurerie, member of the Coulouma formation, Cambrian, Montagne Noire, France. I need help to find out what i saw on them. Firstly, i splitted a piece of schist in two yesterday and found those tiny rounded things that puzzle me a lot. The whole of them form a shape of a little less than a centimeter. I also found that partial cephalon of one centimeter (part and counterpart) and wondered if it was from a Solenopleuridae or Trinucleidae. This really tiny pygidium of a few millimeters, i thought it could be from a Raphiophoridae or Dalmanitidae This one, a little bigger And that cheek and eye (the supposed eye is half a centimeter) @piranha @Kane
  7. I begin the reconstruction of the biotope of Sansan in France (Gers). https://books.google.com.sv/books?id=7s8yAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/collections/memoires-du-museum-national-d-histoire-naturelle/la-faune-miocene-de-sansan-et-son-environnement https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/collections/memoires-du-museum-national-d-histoire-naturelle/mammiferes-de-sansan https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/paleosite-de-sansan.
  8. As I have been researching large ctenacanthiform sharks from North America, I've been wondering if there are any known globally that are currently unnamed. I definitely know of the large Ctenacanthiformes Saivodus stratus (found in both what is now North America and Great Britain), the large Ctenacanthiform from the Permian Kaibab formation in Arizona, and the 'Texas supershark' (a likely large species of Gilkmanius) from the Pennsylvanian Texas Graham formation (all three as larger or larger than an adult Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)). But are there any large ctenacanthiformes (at least in size comparable to a modern day adult Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)) currently unnamed that are also known? Ctenacanthiformes are known from North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, and South America. https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P34476.html Even though study of Ctenacanthiformes as a whole is just starting to become more through within the past few decades, I'm wondering if anyone on the forum is aware of any currently unnamed Ctenacanthiform fossils from areas outside of North America of Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)) size?
  9. Hey folks. Just got home from a rock and fossil show in Hamburg, where I bought 2 strange little teeth from southern France, Lutethian age, from the Aumelas region. They were labelled as crocodile teeth. But when I saw them I noticed they were very unlike usual croc teeth. The one in best condition has small fine (and quite sharp) serrations, the crown curves slightly to the distal side, and it is laterally compressed. Aumelas just so happens to be the same region, in which Iberosuchus remains have been found from Lutethian beds. The teeth of Iberosuchus and many other Sebecosuchians are described to have laterally compressed teeth with distally curved crown and serrations. I think I could be sitting here with two possible Sebecosuchian teeth. Do you guys agree? Does anyone own any Sebecosuchian teeth or know something on the matter? Because I feel like I haven't seen any Sebecosuchian teeth up for sale ever. Anyways, here are the pics: Pic 1-5: Tooth no. 1, with visible serrations. Pic 6-8: Tooth no. 2, is unfortunately worn on the cutting edges, but is also laterally compressed, tho not as much as tooth no. Pic 9: Tooth no. 1 shown from a dorsal view, in order to show the lateral compressoon better. Pic 10-11: Serrations of tooth no. 1 seen through a microscope in order to better zoom in, as my phone is horrendous at it. Tooth no. 1 is about 1.3 cm at longest dimension. Tooth no. 2 is about 9-10 mm at longest dimension.
  10. I went to visit the "fossillium" show this Weekend near Lille Northern France,a lot of Minerals ,few fossils :( ,crazy prices ,but a Northern France real chamane!
  11. Hi everyone! Last week we went on a weekend trip with our fossil club the BVP to go on a fossil hunt to the jurassic clay cliffs "Falaises de Vaches Noires" between Houlgate & Villers-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. https://www.paleontica.org/locations/fossil/68 The famous cliffs of Vaches Noires date back to the Jurassic period, and span both the Callovian & Oxfordian stages (166 - 157 mya) and the Cretaceous period spanning the Cenomanian (100 - 94 mya). Back in the jurassic this area was a rich marine environment and fossils that can be found here are many species of bivalves (like Gryphaea, Lopha & Myophorella), ammonites, gastropods, belemnites, brachiopods, crinoïds, sponges and other invertebrates. The cliffs are also known for marine reptile material and even dinosaur material, though these finds are rather rare but you'll see some nice pieces in the museum pics later. We arrived Thursday afternoon (november 3th) and stayed to Sunday (november 6th). We were very happy to join this trip organized by our club since it is probably the last year that fossil searching is allowed in this amazing location. We were with around 27 people I believe and met each morning at the entrance of the beach at Houlgate. We searched the cliffs for 2 days and went to the local museum "paleospace" on sunday. The weather was amazing for the 2 days of searching, it was even sunny the first day! The first few hours we mainly searched among the rocks on the beach which were littered with large Gryphaea fossils and other bivalves like Lopha gregarea. After our lunch break we moved on to search more near the clay to find smaller fossils. On our second day we again searched the clay, went through some interesting places in the sand which were littered with oysters, gastropods and had some ammonite and crinoïd fossils and we ended the day at the cenomanian rocks in search for some fossil urchins. The Cenomanian rocks on the beach A piece a chalcedony A partial ammonite Me very happy with my first complete ammonite, which I found next to me while having lunch One of the mystery fossils which nobody could really determine (we brought it home along another we found) The tubes seem to be pyritised. I believe it to be some kind of Echinoderm and someone suggested it might be a Crinoïd with a parasite on it. But eventually our top finding (and the best of the entire trip) was spotted by my girlfriend Elise and is this gorgeous fish (probably Lepidotes sp.)
  12. Last weekend was an extended weekend and good weather forecast, that means a few field trips to the French coast for us The first trip was Friday, we got there early in the morning and planned to hunt the Turonian part of the coast. There was a lot of sand on the beaches so we didn’t find much, but quality is better than quantity and Natalie scored 2! Ptychodus teeth. I only found an ammonite that proved to be incomplete after extracting it :/ and a flint echinoid on the way back to the car. On Monday we tried our luck in the Cenomanian and Albian part of the site. Again lots of sand covering op the boulders but we did find a bit more and some really interesting specimens. The 1st interesting piece was a belemnite in the chalk, this might seen strange, but although the belemnites are common in the Albian gault clay, they are almost non-existent in the Cenomanian chalk and it was the 1st specimen I ever found in there. Not long after that It was Natalie’s turn, she found a complete irregular echinoid. The rest of the finds that day were mostly chalk ammonites, except on one spot were a little bit of gault clay was exposed on the beach were we found a nice little phosphate crab. 1st fieldtrip on Friday, early at the beach: little ptychodus 1: Ptychopdus 2: To bad for this one: A flint echinoid on our way back: Field trip on Moday: Belemnite : Neohibolites ultimus Natalie's echinoid: Tiaromma michelini The little crab in situ in the clay peeking out: All the stuff cleaned up:
  13. Nice sunday morning at the Cap Blanc Nez sunday morning ,few finds
  14. A good weather to hunt in the cretaceous,few good echies and brachiopods
  15. Euhoplites

    Short chalky trip

    Hi TFF, The other week I went for a quick trip to the beloved chalk at Cap Blanc-Nez in France. I heard that the gault clay (albian) was exposed, since that's my main interest I had to go and see. 'Sadly' it was layer P6 (late albian) which does not provide as much ammonites as earlier layers. In my experience this layer provides quite a lot of fish remains like teeth and small vertebra. Picked up a small lamniform shark tooth. Besides a lot of bivalves (inoceramus) and gasteropods (gyrodes gaultina) there was nothing but that tooth I took home. Next time I'll make some in-situ photo's because there's tons and tons of phosphate fossils. Probably very similiar to the gault in Folkestone. On my way to the turonian there was a micraster waiting to be freed. Spotted some sutures that fooled me. I thought they went inwards to the matrix but it turned out just to be a chunk as can be seen (sutures going outwards). Rookie mistake hehe. You can also see where the living chamber starts. That's usually a weak spot to be careful for when extracting, in this case there's already a good crack forming. From not to hot, beautiful mammites nodosoides (turonian) just waiting for someone
  16. Today I receive some Echinocorys (Leske, 1778) sea urchins. Some still in their flint matrix. I am in love with their color variety. They were found in the fields around Les Andelys along the River Seine. Parasitic worm tunnels are visible on some sea urchins. Also contain some mini calcite crystals, which are clearly visible in the sunlight. For my sea urchin collection and welcome addition. I would like to identify them by species, who can help me with good online documentation about these sea urchins? I will also post detailed pictures in the topic so I can get some help. This will follow when I have better light and time. I like to hear when people recognize species
  17. From the album: Plants

    Annularia sphenophylloides leaf whorls - Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian - near Lens, Northern France
  18. I went today to the museum of natural history Lille Northern France,nice place to visit!
  19. Hello, in my quest for jet and amber I came across this piece this week in an old mine. This is the first time that I have found a piece of good jet covered with its bark totally pyritized over several millimeters. I find the result very pleasant but I fear for its stability in the months or years to come! This dates from the Turonian and the abandoned mine is in Languedoc Roussillon in France!
  20. This weekend Natalie and I had a little field trip near Boulogne sur Mer in France. It is a few kilometers more Southwards than the Chalk cliffs we often prospect. The fossils here are a bit harder to find, but on a few occasions it is pissible to find marine reptile remains. We didn't find lots of fossils, a few gastropod steinkerns and a beautuful echinoid: Perisalenia koenigii. On our way back home we made a quick stop at a small construction site where I've found a few Micraster sp. echinoids before, there hasn't been a lot of activity since we last visited the spot, but it still delivered a very nice specimen. Enjoy the pictures: Perisalenia koenigii : The Micraster sp. from the construction site:
  21. This Weekend was very busy,saturday afternoon the tide was low and allow a good hunt on the Cap blanc nez with a very grey weather ,heavy rain sometimes a a Mantelliceras picteti from the Cenomanian was here And a Turrilites costatus Big pieces of Calcite time to see the Gault clay Anice pyrite Hoplite from the Albian on the sand small samples to ID inside the clay time to go back on the way :) Today morning with the sun but high tide And before living
  22. rocket

    ammonites.fr shuts down

    One of the really best websites about cretaceous and jurassic ammonites has been removed from the net, www.ammonites.fr This was always an inspiration to compare own finds and determine them. I do not really know why, have heard some stories but did not talk to Herve Chatelier, the owner And, when you look with the waybackmachine it is not possible to open former versions... I will miss the website
  23. Euhoplites

    Spiky ammonite

    Hi TFF, I was thinking about fossils and thought why not make a small trip report. Few weeks ago the GF and I hit the usual spot in France to hunt some Turonian goodies. Lots of sand still, makes it challenging and more exciting when you find something. Within the first 10 minutes on the beach I spotted what I believed were some sweet mammites spikes in a loose boulder on the beach. It must have been just uncovered from under the sand since the sea had done some awesome polishing already. During extraction a spike were to break, glue to the rescue! No other finds that day. Decided to rest and eat while enjoying high tide.
  24. Jeremie

    Unidentified tooth

    Hello, I found this fossil in the center of France, in the loire valley. There you can find ammonites, echinoderms, seashells.. all marine animals. Unfortunately I'm not able to identify this one, it looks like a tooth to me but I'm not sure. Dimensions: 2cm
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