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You know I visit my favorite Volga river site (Ulyanovsk Oblast) more or less often, but this time I decided to give a try to another well-known Jurassic-Cretaceous site on the Volga river, located in the nearby Samara Oblast (city of Syzran).  It's famous for its iridescent ammonites as well as marine reptile finds. I hoped to discover a real alternative to the Ulyanovsk site particularly as the conditions are very similar: surface collecting on river bank. Here the Ulyanovsk site is to the north, Syzran to the south.

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The latter is home to two distinct locations: in the city itself (Oxfordian-Volgian, 2km) and by the Kashpir village (to the south): Volgian to Barremian, 4 km.

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City outcrop and the river views (city fossils directly down and to the left, Kashpir - green hills across the bay)

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Some of the finds after a couple of hours. The city outcrop is characterised by big grypheas (Oxfordian).

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Unusually thick belemnites (the fattest I've seen)

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Iridescent ammonites (Craspedites spp. from Upper Volgian Craspedites nodiger zone (same as here, but better preserved))

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Epivirgatites spp. from Mid-Volgian Epivirgatites nikitini zone

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A few finds from the last patch of the shore before the oil terminal

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Kashpir village outcrop is also characterized by mostly Craspedites spp. and Epivirgatites spp. No grypheas but big rough Craspedites subditus specimens (same species as here)

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Эй, ухнем!
Эй, ухнем!
Ещё разик, ещё да раз!
Эй, ухнем!
Эй, ухнем!
Ещё разик, ещё да раз!
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Conclusions:

An interesting place, lots of iridescent ammonites. Not dependent on the season, lowest water level can be observed in summer. Good bathing location. No reptiles unfortunately, not a competitor to Ulyanovsk in any way. I revised the listed Syzran marine reptile finds and its more like 20-25 instead of 100, so it's a good place, but definitely not a marine reptile heaven. At the same time it's better on ammonites, taking into consideration the fact that the Ulyanovsk site is picked over and not rich in this particular fauna (mostly Craspedites spp.)

 

Better finds in the city of Syzran (Grypheas, Craspedites spp., Epivirgatites spp.)

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And Kashpir (big rough Craspedites subditus instead of Grypheas)

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This time I also got a nice tooth

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And an ammonite

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Thanks for reading!

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Thanks for posting this.  What an excellent haul!  I'm jealous :envy:, well except for the "ammonite" and the "tooth".  

 

Don

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What a wonderful report.  Thanks for including the shots of the scenery, towns, and wildlife as well.  I am seriously envious of the fossil haul!

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I love your trips reports.  makes me want to go to Russia.  The apartment buildings look very post-soviet.   

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1 hour ago, Harry Pristis said:

Эй, ухнем!

Exactly. A famous Volga burlaks' song, then revolutionary

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15 minutes ago, jpc said:

I love your trips reports.  makes me want to go to Russia.  The apartment buildings look very post-soviet.

Tnanks! Syzran is not particularly flourishing

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Wow, I can't get over the quality and quantity of ammonites you find. Definitely not available in my neck of the woods.

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You certainly did well this time! That's a BiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiG river!!!!!! Thanks for sharing this. It was great to go along with you.

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Lots of great fossils and ammonites.

 

This one looks suspect; maybe a concretion or piece of iron. I see no spiral, only concentric circles.91BA0D88-411E-4AFB-B695-E2D625508BF3.jpeg.276e783d7235ad7a00402aa94ea97175.jpeg

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14 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said:

This one looks suspect; maybe a concretion or piece of iron. I see no spiral, only concentric circles.

 

@RuMert was making a joke.  :D

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3 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

 

@RuMert was making a joke.  :D

Coming from RuMert that makes more sense. The tooth and ammonite “finds” would not be out of place for some of our Forum newbies.

 

 

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All joking aside, this looks a lot like the back part of a shell casing. Obviously, the shell is not connected, but for anyone reading this, please back away from anything that may have been associated with a munition.  If you think I'm being sensationalist, then read this: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-12-me-6139-story.html

 

 

2 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said:

Lots of great fossils and ammonites.

 

This one looks suspect; maybe a concretion or piece of iron. I see no spiral, only concentric circles.91BA0D88-411E-4AFB-B695-E2D625508BF3.jpeg.276e783d7235ad7a00402aa94ea97175.jpeg

 

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