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ammonite hunting in the Turonian and Cenomanian


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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:

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Mamites nodosoides:

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Morrowites wingi

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Lewesiceras peramplum:

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in the Cenomanian boulders:

 

Cunningtoniceras inerme

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the little nautilus: Eutrephoceras sp. :

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of cource the pictures of the prepped specimens will follow.

 

 

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prepwork on the Morrowites and the Mamites

 

Morrowites wingi :

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Mamites nodosoides

 

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Prep on the Lewesiceras found by Natalie.

 

Lewesiceras peramplum

turonian

Cap-Blanc-Nez

size: 37cm diameter 
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Great report, finds, and prep, Kevin!

You guys did great out there!

Thanks for taking us with you. ;) 

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