Euhoplites Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) A week ago my friend Diego (@fossilesdecapblancnez) sent me a message that he'd found a big lewesiceras peramplum (lower turonian, grand blanc nez formation). This is the ammonite in situ. He decided to leave it alone and come back with me a week later to extract it and carry it of the beach since it's huge. So that makes it yesterday. He arrived a bit early after high tide but luckily the ammonite was still there as the site is frequently collected. As you can see the pebbles moved quite a lot in a weeks time. It's good and bad, lots of erosion but also lots of boulders with potential fossils buried. I arrived a bit later. The extraction itself went quite well. The matrix wasn't too hard and it split well of the fossil. A massive 77cm (+-30.3 inches) which is relatively big for the species. It should be a female since they grew biggest. I don't know how but it seems he and I always manage to photograph our shoes/boots too Luckily she's not the fattest/thickest making the weight acceptable for my old handtruck. A good half kilometer on the beach and a steep climb of the beach and she was secured Edited June 13, 2022 by Euhoplites 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Big Lewesiceras for sure Good job 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Can not judge on the quality of the find, but its impressive anyways! Thanks for sharing! Best of all is, you saved it from destruction. This would have not taken many years grinding it into some slurry... Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Whoa that's a huge ammonite, what an awesome find! 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I broke out in a sweat just looking at it. 1 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Certainly a big lass. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calli99 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Wow! How long did it take to extract? I wouldn’t have known where to begin with an ammo that size! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart1980 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) Great find, well done Edited June 13, 2022 by Mart1980 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euhoplites Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 23 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Can not judge on the quality of the find, but its impressive anyways! Thanks for sharing! Best of all is, you saved it from destruction. This would have not taken many years grinding it into some slurry... Franz Bernhard Quality could be better but is as expected from that type of matrix (rather soft). The best preserved side was luckily not the side exposed and worn by the sea. 22 hours ago, Ludwigia said: I broke out in a sweat just looking at it. This was actually an easy extraction because the position of the amminite was perfect. Only sweat was the steep climb 21 hours ago, Calli99 said: Wow! How long did it take to extract? I wouldn’t have known where to begin with an ammo that size! About 3 hours, 2 to get it out and one to get if of the beach. You get used to it as big ammonites are not a rarity there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everhardus Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Wow, big one indeed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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