Spring tide ammonite haul

[Manticocerasman]

 

Since we have to avoid crowded places due to the current situation , it was a good excuse to go out fossil hunting in the open.

We went to the beach at the Cenomanian chalk cliffs, and we were in for a big surprise.

The day before we got there, there was a big spring tide, the high water levels cleaned up all of the scree piles from the winter landfalls.

Lots of fossils were emerging from the lose boulders on the beach, sometimes even just laying around waiting to be picked up.

We even got a few new species for our collection: Natalie found a nice Turillites scheuzerianus and I found a straight shelled Sciponoceras baculoides.

And of course multiple large ammonites of the more common species like Acanthoceras and Cunningtoniceras.

This might be one of the best field trips we ever got at this location.

 

 

lots of ammo's:

 

After spending most of the sunday prepping:

 

 

Sciponoceras baculoides:

 

Turillites scheuzerianus:

 

 

 

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Great field trip! Some beautiful ammonites

[nala]

Very nice!

[Monica]

Stunning, as always!  Congrats on a successful hunt, Kevin and Natalie!!! 

[Kane]

Bravo! It is amazing that they are just right there on the beach, waiting for you two to scoop them up. Now that's shoreline service! 

[doushantuo]

wow!

[gigantoraptor]

Nice haul. I love the Turillites scheuzerianus.

I hope to go sometime in the next few weeks to. Did you have any trouble crossing the border because of the Coronavirus?

[Manticocerasman]

18 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said:

 

I hope to go sometime in the next few weeks to. Did you have any trouble crossing the border because of the Coronavirus?

No, but it is possible that the situation changes in the future.

 

[RuMert]

Big as usualNice to be the 1st after tides and storms

[Fossildude19]

Wow! 

Great that you hit it at the right time!

Thanks for the report and pics, Kevin.   

[Shamalama]

Great finds! congrats on the good timing.

[Ludwigia]

I would like to echo some of my predecessors. WOW!!!

[herve]

Hello superbe wonderfull

[Jeffrey P]

Exceptionally wondrous specimens there. Congratulations on a productive and successful hunt and thanks for sharing it with us. 

[RJB]

  You certainly find some rather large specimens there.  The Turillites is very interesting.  Nice haul

 

RB

[Manticocerasman]

20 hours ago, RJB said:

  You certainly find some rather large specimens there.  The Turillites is very interesting.  Nice haul

 

RB

thx, those are indeed large specimens for this spot, but if you go up north for 2 km you get to the turonian deposits, they get way bigger there. ( up to 1m diameter )

I havent searched a lot in the Turonian, but I got a couple of turonian ammonites, this one is the bigest: 

the whole piece is more than 80 cm long, with a Lewesiceras from 40cm and 50cm diameter found this christmas.

the weight of those fossils is the main reason I dont often visit the turonian.

 

[HotSauceCommittee]

Stunning ammonites! The prep work is fantastic, as well. It's so nice to see someone else having a good hunting day while I'm stuck at home right now (too much rain where I'm at in Texas to get out hunting at the moment), but it's giving me ammonite fever!