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I bought a group of ammonites recently and they were described as coming from the Brittany coast of northern France. I don't know a lot about fossil sites along the French coast but after a little digging I came to the conclusion these probably came from sites nearer Normandy. I asked the seller for further information but sadly the person who collected them has passed away. I thought I'd post a few pics here in the hope that someone might be able narrow down the locality a little further. Thanks in advance for any help!
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From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
Nucleolites Scutatus an echinoid from Les Roches noires (oxfordian) -
From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
2 nice gastropods internal molds from "les roches noires" (Oxfordian) -
A set of different urshins (Micraster decipiens and Echinocorys Gravesi) from cretaceous chalk cliffs of Normandy
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From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
A set of different urshins (Micraster decipiens and Echinocorys Gravesi) from chalk cliffs of Normandy. Saint pierre en Port and Senneville sur Fécamp (Seine Maritine) - France - Cretaceous -
From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
A Cidaridae spine from "les Vaches Noires" cliffs' oxfordian ooltih. -
Quenstedtoceras messiaeni ? - Les Vaches Noires
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From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
Quenstedtoceras messiaeni ? : an ammonite from "les Vaches Noires" cliffs' jurassic. -
From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
Quenstedtoceras lamberti : an ammonite from "les Vaches Noires" ' callovian clay -
From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
Bourguetia Sp : a gastropod from "les Vaches Noires" cliffs' oxfordian ooltih. -
From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
Euaspidoceras Sp : an ammonite from "les Vaches Noires" ' callovian clay. -
From the album Best of 2018 finds - a year in review
Plagiostoma Sp : a bivalve from "les Vaches Noires" cliffs' oxfordian ooltih. -
4 days of fossil hunting on the coast of Northern France
Manticocerasman posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
This Christmas I spent 4 days of fossil hunting with my girlfriend on the French coast. The planning was 2 days in Normandy at the "Vaches Noires" cliffs in villers sur mer and one day at Cap blanc Nez near Calais ( we finally extended the trip with one extra day near Boulogne sur mer ) Day 1: The first day we got at Villers sur mer after a 4h drive from home. Once at the cliffs we had to wait a little while since the tide wasn't low enough, but the beginning of the cliffs were already accessible. The fossil fauna was very variable, we found echinoid spines, echinoids, gastropods, bivalves ( lots of oysters like rastellum ) , ammonites ( mostly fragments ), brachiopods... Our best find of the day was a complete Cardioceras sp. Day 2 started with a visit to the local museum. in the afternoon we got back to the beach. Natalie found 2 ammonites, one of them was a really nice Euaspidoceras. On day 3 we went back North to Boulogne sur mer, here we looked through late Jurassic deposits. Day 4: The last day of our field trip, we visited the late cretaceous of "Cap Blanc Nez"- 26 replies
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I've spent 4 days with my girlfriend hunting for fossils in Normandy and northern France for Christmas, we were bound to the tides for access to the fossiliferous beaches, so the Sunday morning during high tide we made a visit to the local museum in Villers sur Mer. I was surprised at the quality of this museum and the effort given for the local fossil fauna, especially the invertebrates, I can recommend this museum to anyone visiting that area. Enjoy the pictures: and the compulsory souvenir shop
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Hey, these pieces were found in the Normandy, France at the Falaises des Vaches Noir near Houlgate. I was wondering if these are all oysters and oysters pieces or if theres also something different?
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During april i and a friend had the oportunity to spend a few days hunting in cretaceous of Normandy, hunting for echinoids. Day one : We drove from brittany through Le Havre to Saint Jouin de Bruneval and Antifer Cape. (3 hours and a half) We let the car on the beach parking lot and hiked south on the peeble shore looking for fossils in the boulders on the beach. The cliff is cenomanian with a bit of albian at the bottom. You have to look carefully on rocks surface for the familliar spherical shape. I found about 20 urchins but thats about it. No shark tooth, just a poorly preserved ammonite (mantelliceras) and a few rhynchonellas At some point we noticed tide was coming back faster than expected, most likely because of the wind pushing the water back. We had to quicken the pace, and made our way through the slippery covered with algae rocks. We finally managed our way back to the car and took the road to Fécamp where we had booked an hotel for the next 2 nights. some finds of the day : Crassiholaster subglobosus : Crassiholaster subglobosus : Cyclothyris difformis : See the all hunt gallery here http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/album/2849-haute-normandie-april-2018/ or on my flickr : https://flic.kr/s/aHsmiwWft6
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From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Micraster decipiens : a cretaceous echinoid from Saint-Pierre en Port -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Micraster decipiens : a cretaceous echinoid from Saint-Pierre en Port -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Micraster decipiens : a cretaceous echinoid from Senneville sur Fécamp -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Micraster decipiens : a cretaceous echinoid from Senneville sur Fécamp -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Micraster decipiens : a cretaceous echinoid from Senneville sur Fécamp -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Micraster decipiens : a cretaceous echinoid from Saint-Pierre en Port -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Kingena elegans : a cretaceous brachiopod from Senneville sur Fécamp -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Kingena elegans : a cretaceous brachiopod from Senneville sur Fécamp -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Last hunt from Normandy cretaceous : best of echinoids -
cretaceous echinoids from Normandy : the whole loot
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From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Last hunt in cretaceous from Normandy : the whole loot -
From the album Haute normandie - April 2018
Echinocorys gravesii : an echinoid from Normandy cretaceous.
