Dromiopsis Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Last sunday, My daughter asked me to go close to a cavern where we can find Toxaster retusus at "Thorens les Glières" in the "haute savoie", close to geneva and Chamonix. It's sea urchins from lower Cretaceous(Hauterivian), 125 millions years old. pictures : the site(you can remark the "limestones in round loaves of bread"...don't know the exact translation...sorry fossils in place after cleaning and how this sea urchins was living...in the sediments as a lot of irregular sea urchins now. Dromiopsis 1 Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Very nice report and fossils thanks to share Dromiopsis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Very nice report and fossils thanks to share Dromiopsis! thanks for comments Nala, This place is one of my favorite site...recently, a young paleontogue has found a plesiosaur tooth...amazing! Dromiopsis Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Beautiful! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 They clean up very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) great trip and fossil Dromiopsis, and thanks for adding that extra information about how they existed! Edited May 19, 2011 by xonenine "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hello, I want to thanks all the nice comments I received on this topic. With such nice encouragements, I will propose soon others hunting trips from the Alps area and from Sweden where I go regularly Thanks again Dromiopsis Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 This site is down of the famous "Plateau des glières", famous area where hundrents of men resisted during the second world war. Most of the snow, ice, accumulating during winter in the plateau is flushed into galleries and finish by this natural exurgence .30 years ago, a young hydrospeleologue from Normandie passed away in this area,stucked in a siphon during a flood.... There's not so much diversity in this area...oysters(Exogyra couloni)and many shells(Pholadomya). For people close to this area, the site is called "Grotte de la Diau" Only 35 mn to climb, no real danger, only 250 meters denivelation. be careful in spring, iceblocks are falling ....! Dromiopsis Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Wow, what a cool place to visit Dromiopsis! Thank you for the pictures and site description. Keep up the good work! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleosworld Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Beautiful photos and interesting information. Merci beaucoup. Juanjo from Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Dromiopsis....What a great place to collect... Thanks for sharing the images... I didnt relise how big the cave was until I noticed the size of the people in comparison... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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