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From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
Yaroslavl Oblast, Glebovo, nikitini zone. D 40 cm -
From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
Yaroslavl Oblast, Mostovo, nikitini zone. D 30 cm -
From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
Yaroslavl Oblast, Mostovo, nikitini zone. D 8 cm -
Hi all! This time I'll show you a very special site, located on the Volga river near the city of Rybinsk, 250 km north of Moscow. The site is famous for its huge Volgian ammonites, the biggest in our Jurassic (big Cretaceous ones are no surprise). The largest ammonites here reach 70 cm, they are inflated and surprisingly common. If you find an ammonite in concretion, it will most likely be big and whole (but often broken inside). The main outcrops are situated by the village of Glebovo, they occupy about 6 km of the shore. Glebovo: