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Autumn fieldtrip to the Turonian chalk:

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This weekend we had some nice weather for this time of the year , so we went to the beaches in the north of France for a stroll with the dog and hopefully some fossils.

It is a 2h drive from were we live, so we got there around 10 o’clock. That’s around the time that the tide was starting to lower again, so we had all day access to the beach.

We started our walk in Sangatte, just under Calais. And went south following the  Turonian chalk cliffs. After a while we spotted our 1st fossil echinoid between the flint pebbles on the beach.

Further South, the retreating tide started to uncover some interesting chalk boulders that could contain some ammonites. A few half or severely worn down specimens could be spotted, but after a while we found something really promising. A small part of different colour that could be the start of an ammonite rib was peeking out of one of the boulders.

A quick hit with the chisel next to it exposed a larger part of what was indeed a large ammonite. We then took our time to clear out the whole fossil.

We got it out in one piece , A 35cm wide Morrowites wingi.

After this we didn’t get much further down the beach due to the weight of the ammonite in the backpack, but we kept looking in the same area for other fossils.

We each found an additional echinoid on the beach and as a bonus on our way back to the car we found a ptychodus tooth.

 

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Great hunt! Nice ammonite! :ammonite01:

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Jolly decent sized ammonite! :)

Like the tooth too. 

And the pretty echinoids! :D

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2 minutes ago, Everhardus said:

Nice Acanthoceras !

 

Thx, but it is not an Acanthoceras, although it is of the family of the Acanthoceratidae . It is a Morrowites wingi from the lower turonian

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1 hour ago, RuMert said:

Nice outing and a fantastic ammonite:Smiling: What do you use for stands with big specimens? Do you make them yourself?

The stand on the last picture was a home made wooden stand.

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3 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

Thx, but it is not an Acanthoceras, although it is of the family of the Acanthoceratidae . It is a Morrowites wingi from the lower turonian

Oh yess, i see the difference now !

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great ammonite, and I really like the Ptychodus! The thought of finding a beach side Ptychodus is alien to us here in Texas - so cool!

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On 10/18/2021 at 7:48 AM, Manticocerasman said:

The stand on the last picture was a home made wooden stand.

 

From what I can see of it, that looks like a fantastic stand.

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