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Fossil hunting weekend to Falaises des Vaches Noires (Jurassic of France) + museum visit
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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 man- 30 replies
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From the album: My collection in progress
Gryphaea dilatata Sowerby, 1818 Location: Villers-sur-Mer, Normandy, France Age: 163-157 Mya (Oxfordian, Upper Jurassic) Measurements: 7x7x7 cm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Subphylum: Conchifera Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Pteriomorpha Order: Ostreida Family: Gryphaeidae -
Yesterday, my son and I finally made a day-trip to Lake Texoma for some fossil hunting. We've been wanting to make this trip for while, but it can be difficult between both our jobs and weather, and lake levels. I planned for this trip by searching the google maps for good looking locations with a nearby shore access. Unfortunately, one spot turned into a private drive, and the other was closed off by the Corps of Engineers for some unknown reason. We didnt want to hit the same spot that everyone else goes to so we began just driving and looking. The first place we stopped was
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From the album: Robs Fossil Collection
Gryphaea, one of the genera known as devil's toenails fossil I found in a field in Lincolnshire England in 2016, approx. 7cm long -
Hi all, Another bunch of items me and my sister found at Walton-on-the-Naze. I think we know what a couple are but does anyone have any idea about the others? Thanks Gemma
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From the album: Fossils found with my bantams. Northamptonshire.
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I'm studying fossils and I'm having a difficult time understanding the visual(and structural) differences between Exogyra and Gryphaea. Any insights would be very much appreciated!
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I want to show you some impressions of a very quick hunt in Frick near Basel. There exist a small quarry beside the "real" quarry, where you can saerch fossils. The fossils comes from the "Arietenkalk" (Jurassic). The most common fossil is the oyster Gryphaea, but you can also find ammonites or nautiloids. Like i said before i didnt had much time so i didnt find much Some pictures of the "quarry": In the background you can see the "real" quarry. From this quarry comes the material on the small one ... A block with many Gr
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Collected near Lake Texoma in Grayson County, Texas.
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From the album: Ammonites
An Arietites Bucklandi with gryphaea infestation -
gryphaea Wait for it..... Eating an arietites bucklandi
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i live near Balingen so i collect there sometimes I want to show you some fossils from there Start with gryphaea
