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Grey limestone and white chalk, Jurassic and Cretaceous fieldtrip.


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A new fieldtrip to the coast of northern France this Saturday.

In the morning we prospected the beaches with Jurassic deposits whit a few friends.

Not an easy place to look for fossils, but Natalie fond a large Ichthyosaur vert and I found a neat little echinoid in the shingle.

At noon our local friends hat to go, so Natalie and I made a stop a little more up North on our way home.

We went to the beaches at the chalky Cretaceous cliffs.

Here we had a lot of luck, the sea had cleaned up the cliff falls that had occurred a few weeks back.

In a short amount of time we managed to find around 6 complete Acanthoceras ammonites scattered on the beach.

Time to hit the prep table again

 

The jurassic ( Titonian ) site:

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The Cretaceous ( Cenomanian )site 

 

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Prepping pictures will follow :D

 

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Hi,

 

Very nice sea urchin !

 

Coco

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OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici

Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici
Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici
Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici
Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici
Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici
Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici

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That vert is fantastic! Can't wait to see it prepped :popcorn:

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Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

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Great finds as ever! :D 

 

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Next project will be a dedicated prepping space.

 

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Beautiful place to hunt for fossils - wow!  Nice additions to your collection as well.  Patiently waiting for the prepping results to be posted.

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I'm looking forward to the prep photos :) Very neat to have gone to the Jurassic and Cretaceous of France! Hate to say it but I'm getting drawn to invertebrates now...

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I love the picture with the  ammonite in the lower left foreground and the cliffs on the right!!!!

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1st update: 

Prep on the 1st ammonite:

 

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Work in progress, I'll continue on this one this evening :D

It will be probabbly my best ammonite find from there.

 

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On 20/1/2020 at 8:51 AM, belemniten said:

That vert is fantastic! Can't wait to see it prepped :popcorn:

It came out prepped, we just had to clean the dust away :raindance:

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21 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

1st update: 

Prep on the 1st ammonite:

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(This could honestly win Fossil of the month)

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Congrats to both of you on your fantastic finds!!!  I, too, love the urchin, but that large double ammonite block is coming along nicely - it's going to be a gorgeous display piece!

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2 hours ago, Natalie81 said:

It came out prepped, we just had to clean the dust away :raindance:

Do you have a picture of the cleaned specimen?   

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

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29 minutes ago, belemniten said:

Do you have a picture of the cleaned specimen?   

You 'll have to wait until Natalie or I get home to take a picture of it :ighappy:

It is already in the display cabinet.

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7 hours ago, belemniten said:

Do you have a picture of the cleaned specimen?   

 

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Looks great! Congrats! 

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Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

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17 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

Work in progress, I'll continue on this one this evening :D

It will be probabbly my best ammonite find from there.

wow, twins.  I did not see that in the field photos.  Very nice.  

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That echinoid Is beautiful, and the double ammonite is amazing!  :wub: Thanks for sharing! 

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6 hours ago, jpc said:

wow, twins.  I did not see that in the field photos.  Very nice.  

here is a picture in the field of the fossil:

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I'm done with the preparation of the double Acanthoceratoidea ammonites. :)

I just have to cut of some of the exces matrix.

 

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