elcoincoin Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) In november, i had my yearly trip to Troyes area, a bit east of Paris. the hunt takes place on the banks of an artificial lake that has been created to avoid river flood in Paris. The banks can be covered either with silt or dead grass, so you got to look for free surfaces in order to find stuff. From one year to next, grass and slit move, therefore what you can find changes. This year was poor regarding shark teeth but rather good for the crustaceans. We mosstly found crabs carapaces : the usual Notopocorystes stokesii and Etyus Martini including that very fine sample : the less frequent : Cretacoranina broderipii and Eucorystes carteri I also found and that s my first ever, therefore my catch of the trip despite its very modest size : Sabellidromites scarabaea We also got lucky at he shrimp department with several hoplopora sp. Those are always crushed with the head apart from the body but there s sometimes nice details like the legs segments on this one. We also found a good quantity of indet. claws fragments like this one : And to finish with crustaceans we also got that one that get us puzzled for a while : goose barnacle article : Pycnolepas rigida More will follow later with ammonites and vertebrates mostly. You can see more specimen on the galery i dedicated to this trip here : Troyes - nov 2015 galery or on my flickr galery here : flickr of troyes 2015 Edited January 10, 2016 by elcoincoin 2 Link to post Share on other sites
sixgill pete Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Those crab carapaces are amazing. Thank you for sharing them. Beautiful specimens. Link to post Share on other sites
PaleoWilliam Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Nice finds! Link to post Share on other sites
ZiggieCie Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Nice finds. An idea I just had looking at you're Crabs, would be to display each in a case/frame on a drawing or painting of what the legs and claws would look like below them. Just an idea. Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Excellent crab hunt.... je suis jaloux. Link to post Share on other sites
Auspex Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Wonderful crabs, and so many species! That Etyus martini is exquisite Link to post Share on other sites
elcoincoin Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 hi there, Now come the second part of the finds from this trip : vertebrates. This year was poor for shark teeth, only a few of very very poorly preserved ones : We got more luck with fish vertebraes : Found about 15 from 3 mm to 1,5 cm : We aslo found a few bits of another fish : Protosphyraena ferox, including a nice 2,5 cm one. Next and last post : ammonites ! Link to post Share on other sites
amour 25 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Nice crab and lobster stuff. Good finds indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
Manticocerasman Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Those are al very nice specimens, but I’m really looking forward to the ammonites. I got one of those Albian ammonites from Troyes with a trade they can be really spectacular J Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Very nice Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJ Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 What a variety... . Link to post Share on other sites
elcoincoin Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Unfortunately the ammos are not the ones you are referring to. the pit they come from has been underwater for years now, i believe, and i never had the opportunity to go there. Nevertheless, some have been appearing recently on the market. Some unpreped material bought and prepared by retailers. the price are very high but those are such beauty. The one i collect come from lake banks, small ammos but nice variety Link to post Share on other sites
Manticocerasman Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Unfortunately the ammos are not the ones you are referring to. the pit they come from has been underwater for years now, i believe, and i never had the opportunity to go there. Nevertheless, some have been appearing recently on the market. Some unpreped material bought and prepared by retailers. the price are very high but those are such beauty. The one i collect come from lake banks, small ammos but nice variety To bad for that clay pit still looking forward to the ones you will post from this location Link to post Share on other sites
PFOOLEY Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) ...We mosstly found crabs carapaces... I am jealous...these specimens are fantastic...well done. Edit: Does your annual visit comprise of multiple days of collecting? Edited January 20, 2016 by PFOOLEY Link to post Share on other sites
elcoincoin Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Hi again To pfooley : we usually spend 3 days around , some been used for prospection, some to "farm" know spots. As far as the ammos are concern, as i stated earlier, those are not the big beautiful ammos that are famous all over the world we can collect. That place is no longer accessible. So the ammos we pick are small , roughly between 1 and 4 cm. Similar species, but more diversity. So here come a pannel fo the species we found this time. Hoplites, emblematic ammo from the area, we pick dozens of them each time from our spot n1 Beudanticeras sp : most common ammo from our second spot Desmoceras lardidorsatum : rather common also, larger than previous one Then the less common ones : Lyelliceras lyelli : Brancoceras Sp : And finally that one which is my first sample for that specie : Oxytropidoceras royssianum You can see a bit more pictures either in my TFF galery : http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/album/2427-troyes-nov-2015-albian/ or on my flickr album : here Ihope you enjoyed the trip, regards. Edited January 24, 2016 by elcoincoin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ludwigia Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Ihope you enjoyed the trip, regards. Yes I did! very much! Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Pterodactyl Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Sweet crabs! Link to post Share on other sites
Manticocerasman Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Still, I really like the amos you found elcoincoin Is Douvilleiceras sp. also present in those deposits? Link to post Share on other sites
elcoincoin Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 It is, but we never found anything but fragments of Douvilleiceras Mammilatum (of big size specimens, but fragments still). Link to post Share on other sites
Manticocerasman Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 It is, but we never found anything but fragments of Douvilleiceras Mammilatum (of big size specimens, but fragments still). At least you have a reason to go back who knows one day you might find a complete one. Link to post Share on other sites
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