back to the field : Devonian fieldtrip

[Manticocerasman]

Finally time to go back in the field after that long period of confinement .

So this Saturday we went back to the Ardennes to prospect Frasnian ( Late Devonian ) deposits.

Not a lot of finds, but it was good to be in the field again, and Natalie did find some nice quality fossils.

 

 

Enjoy the pictures :

 

A placoderm fragment:

 

Bryozoa:

 

 

 

not a fossil coral

 

nodule with a few Tornoceras:

 

same piece after a little work:

 

 

[Wrangellian]

Nice finds, as always.

I encounter those same wasps while collecting over here, on the undersides of shale chunks! They're not as scary as they seem... they act pretty dozy even after you've disturbed their nest.

[Monica]

Very nice Manticoceras and Tornoceras 

[hiposong]

Once the wasp flew to my hand, I didn't dare my hand, then it licked the sweat from my palm and flew away.It's a fantastic process, and I guess it's going to have to replenish the body with salt.