2020 - a year in review - part three (and last)- my best finds of the year - Cephalopods and gastropods

[elcoincoin]

Hi all,

Last part of my finds of the year.

In autumn, between lockdown 1 & and lockdown 2, we managed another 3 days hunts.

First day was spent in our usual trilobites spot, which happened to be on the way to our main destination this time.

You have already seen in my first part some of the trilos we did find on that day, which was a rather good one for me.

 

Day two was spent in Nanteuil quarry not far from Niort. the quarry  got mostly bajocian and aalenian. the aalenian is on the "ground of the quarry" and was mostly drown at that time of year. So Bajocian that was. An explosion had occured recently  so we had quite some material to process. Most of the ammos there have no heart, which is quite frustrating, but from time to time, you can fine a pretty one. 2 finds on that day :

Normannites sp  ammonite

 

 

A huge not yet determined nautiloid (not the usual cenoceras we find there)

 

 

We kept going till 18h30 then it was time for a shower at the hotel and a meal at the restaurant.

 

 

[elcoincoin]

In the morning of day 3 we drove 1 hour or so, to Saint Laon quarry. The rock there are Callovian. Lots of ammonites, but also gastropods, bivalves and brachiopods. Some layers are just litered.

Some of the finds on that day (Thanks Ludwigia for the IDs).

 

A Peltoceras, with not center unfortunately.

 

 

A Reineckeia

 

 

some Hecticoceras:

 

 

 

[elcoincoin]

Some Choffatia

 

And the weirdest ammonites of them all : Oecoptychius refractus

 

 

Some yet to be determined gastropods :

 

 

More stuff from that day on my flickr galery : https://flic.kr/s/aHsmTtsd4y

 

 

[Jeffrey P]

Very nice ammonites and gastropods, especially from the Saint Laon quarry. Congratulations and thanks for posting them.