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This weekend we had some nice weather for this time of the year , so we went to the beaches in the north of France for a stroll with the dog and hopefully some fossils. It is a 2h drive from were we live, so we got there around 10 o’clock. That’s around the time that the tide was starting to lower again, so we had all day access to the beach. We started our walk in Sangatte, just under Calais. And went south following the Turonian chalk cliffs. After a while we spotted our 1st fossil echinoid between the flint pebbles on the beach. Further South, the retreating tide started to uncover some interesting chalk boulders that could contain some ammonites. A few half or severely worn down specimens could be spotted, but after a while we found something really promising. A small part of different colour that could be the start of an ammonite rib was peeking out of one of the boulders. A quick hit with the chisel next to it exposed a larger part of what was indeed a large ammonite. We then took our time to clear out the whole fossil. We got it out in one piece , A 35cm wide Morrowites wingi. After this we didn’t get much further down the beach due to the weight of the ammonite in the backpack, but we kept looking in the same area for other fossils. We each found an additional echinoid on the beach and as a bonus on our way back to the car we found a ptychodus tooth.
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ammonite hunting in the Turonian and Cenomanian
Manticocerasman posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Good tides and a promising weather forecast and we were ready to go for a trip to the French coast ( Cap-Blanc-Nez) High tide was set for 8AM, so we left around that same time, getting there when the tide was starting to go down giving us a whole day of opportunities to search. First stop was the beach of the “Grand Blanc Nez” with the Turonian cliffs. Since our last visit there, there have been high tides and multiple parts of the beach were cleared of the sand. The prospection of the loose boulders revealed for me a large Mamites nodosoides and a Morrowites wingi. I was especially happy whit that last one since it is the first specimen of this species that I found. Natalie found a small belemnite , although this might not seem spectacular, it is probably the best find of the day as they are incredibly rare in the Turonian at this location. On our way back to the car Natalie found another ammonite, this time a Lewiseceras peramplum. The way back to the car then became quite hard due to the weight and sizes of those fossils. In the afternoon we went a couple of kilometers further to prospect the Cenomanian boulders on the beaches near “Petit-Blanc-Nez”. On the first few meters on the beach I found a boulder with a really nice Cunningtoniceras inerme sticking out. Further down the beach we found a few smaller ammonites, but we ended distributing those to a few starting fossil collectors that were prospecting the area. The last good find of the day was made by Natalie who found a small but exquisite nautilus fossil ( Eutrephoceras sp. ) in the Turonian boulders: to late for this one: Mamites nodosoides: Morrowites wingi : Lewesiceras peramplum: in the Cenomanian boulders: Cunningtoniceras inerme: the little nautilus: Eutrephoceras sp. : of cource the pictures of the prepped specimens will follow.- 9 replies
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