A nice Weekend in the Cap Blanc Nez Northern France

[nala]

This Weekend was very busy,saturday afternoon the tide was low and allow a good hunt on the Cap blanc nez with a very grey weather ,heavy rain sometimes

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a Mantelliceras picteti from the Cenomanian was here  

And a Turrilites costatus

 

 

Big pieces of Calcite 

time to see the Gault clay 

Anice pyrite Hoplite from the Albian on the sand 

small samples to ID 

inside the clay

time to go back 

on the way :)

Today morning with the sun but high tide

And before living  

[jpc]

santé

Nice report.  Thanks.  I love the Turrilites.

 

[Euhoplites]

19 hours ago, jpc said:

I love the Turrilites.

 

I agree, they are awesome.

 

Nice report, that Mantelliceras should turn out nice.
The phosphate Dimorphoplites is from P5 while the visible layers are P6 (Mortoniceras/Pervinquira layer).
The pyrite one should be a small Mortoniceras and the one in the clay an E. ochetenotus.

On the photo you took P5 is more towards the sea (behind the visible P6) and continues more to the left.

Edited September 26, 2022 by Euhoplites
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[rocket]

ooooooh, Cap blanc nez 

fantastic site, great cenomanian fossils there, love to go there again in the future 

[Jeffrey P]

Lovely report, finds, scenery and pictures. Merci. 

[nala]

Dimorphoplites

Mortoniceras sp?

Mammites sp from the Turonian

Turrilite from the Cenomanian 

Lewesiceras peramplum Turonian

Calcite an Pyrite

 

[Euhoplites]

@nala Your mammites is a Metasigaloceras rusticum. Bit more uncommon. You should see some very worn tubercles on its venter in pairs of 2.
Nice pictures and collection 

[Coco]

For your second mineral, I’m thinking more marcasite, the nodules are marcassite over there.

 

Coco

[Mart1980]

Nice report! Lovely finds, always a beautiful landscape there. And yes the beer there is delicious. Especially after a day of searching for fossils. A perfect cool down .

[rocket]

but - due to personal experience - be careful with Pizza there..., my last one was, hmmmm, let me say, it came back 90 % 

[Manticocerasman]

Nice report Gery, next time let me know if you are heading that way, we could meet up  

 

As for the Mammites, I agree with the determination of "Euhoplites", it is a Metasigaloceras rusticum. They are indeed less common than M. nodosoides .