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Few Days In The Black Cows, Normandy


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Just came back from few days in the Jurrasic (Oxfordian) and cretaceous (Cénomanian )cliffs of the Black Cows Normandy,it was too late to find good ammonites samples as many people have hunted before me (there was already a lot of foot tracks on the mud and i crossed few local hunters)but there were still a few fossils

A view from the top of the cliffspost-2325-0-30411100-1425597749_thumb.jpg

on the beach post-2325-0-61531100-1425597801_thumb.jpg

only partial samples neglected by the first wave of hunterspost-2325-0-78980300-1425597848_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-31109000-1425598094_thumb.jpgbut it give an idea of what is possible to find with a lot of luck :)

I had most luck with the echies post-2325-0-60877200-1425598408_thumb.jpgNucleolites scutatus

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that's a beautiful beach, and Echinoids, thanks Gery :)

"Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus

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That looks just gorgeous. Wish I could be there right now. Congrats on some great finds, Gery. Love those echinoids and mollusks.

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Gery, nice report. I know seeing footprints tends to make me focus even more. Continued hunting success. Thanks for showing us the latest! Regards, Chris

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Nice finds Nala,

Love the nucleolites.

The picture with the oyster next to the sea gull is a “lopha marshii” an iconic fossil of "les vaches noirs"

Kevin

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Nice finds Nala,

Love the nucleolites.

The picture with the oyster next to the sea gull is a “lopha marshii” an iconic fossil of "les vaches noirs"

Kevin

The "lopha" marshii has been revised a few years ago to Actinostreon marshii.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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The "lopha" marshii has been revised a few years ago to Actinostreon marshii.

Thanks for the info Ludwigia.

I have some corrections to make in my collection.... ;)

growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional.

 

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Hi,

Nice fossils and ... nice weather ! ;) What is the species of the second sea urchin please ?

Coco

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Thanks all for the comments!The second day i made few more finds and i went to the museum the last day to see if i miss something :)

Still looking for the ID Coco

post-2325-0-20621600-1425629015_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-10731300-1425629034_thumb.jpgBathrotomaria munsteri Roemer (Pleurotomaria -), fam. Pleutomariidae. Etage : Jurassique supérieur (Oxfordien)

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post-2325-0-29878000-1425629213_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-11017300-1425629228_thumb.jpgIsastrea mg. helianthoides

post-2325-0-11255300-1425629284_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-38976900-1425629341_thumb.jpgHemiaster bufo

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Great report nala!! Thank you for posting the museum specimens with yours.

That seems a beautiful location. Have you ever screened the soil there for the small stuff?

It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators.

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Thanks Kevin H!thanks squali the soil is too muddy to be screened,not everything Roger, not find vertebrate and no complete ammonite sample

post-2325-0-00397200-1425674949_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-11631000-1425674961_thumb.jpg

post-2325-0-49407900-1425675162_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-10054700-1425675180_thumb.jpgCatopygus carinatus

post-2325-0-31393700-1425675235_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-60438400-1425675249_thumb.jpgMyophorella clavellata

post-2325-0-49007500-1425675316_thumb.jpgpost-2325-0-99810100-1425675331_thumb.jpgLopha gregarea

post-2325-0-11127400-1425675408_thumb.jpgSellithyris biplicatapost-2325-0-71422300-1425675460_thumb.jpgThurmanella obtrita

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I made the prep of this very big Myophorella clavellata ,there is also a piece of an other fossil,ammonite?

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The other fossil looks like half a cardioceras sp.

This is definitely an ammonite

This part helps for determining the species:

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Edited by Kevin H.

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Yes you are right Kevin it's part of a Cardioceras :)Thanks post-2325-0-50362800-1426082274_thumb.jpg

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if somebody is interested by pyrite from Villers :)post-2325-0-59007800-1426082529_thumb.jpg

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