Chalky Christmas holiday field trips.

[Manticocerasman]

During the Christmas holiday we had the opportunity to go on 2 field trips to the north of France.

1^st one was just after Christmas when we visited the Turonian part of the cliffs.

Here we found a couple of nice ammonites ( Mammites nodosoides and a realy nice Fagesia catinus ) and a big flint echinoid.

(with @Natalie81 and @Euhoplites)

 

The second trip was last weekend, but we had no luck with the weather this time and we had heavy rainfall for most of the day.

Also lots of competition that day.

Not a lot of fossils to be found that day: a small flint echinoid, a big Mariella sp. but not the best preservation and an Acanthoceras, but this one is still completely in the matrix, I don’t know how this one will turn out.

 

 

pic's from the 1st day:

 

 

The echinoids from the construction site:

 

Fagesia catinus all cleaned up

 

 

 

the 2nd field trip:

 

a wel hidden Acanthoceras rhotomagense: 

 

Rain, rain, rain,..

 

I almost forgot, Best wishes for 2022 to all the forum members  

Edited January 10, 2022 by Manticocerasman

[Euhoplites]

I'm still upset about that partial mammites 

[nala]

Very nice finds and pictures! and a lot of fresh air

[Everhardus]

Yep, i really loved this. Finds are pretty good.