A Jurassic Hunt yesterday

[nala]

I went yestesday on the jurassic cliffs near Boulogne sur mer,Portlandian site 

Ripple marks 

[nala]

Jurassic trunk and wood

[nala]

but my best surprise was this part of the coral reef

time to go back

[PFOOLEY]

Great photos, Gery.

[gavialboy]

thanks for posting the scenic photos.

[Nimravis]

Great pics- especially the ripple marks.

[Monica]

18 minutes ago, nala said:

 

 

As always, Gery, you're making me regret that I live in Canada and not in France!!!  I do have my EU passport, though, so perhaps I should consider moving there... 

 

The bivalve imprint above looks a lot like the Ambonychia radiata imprints that I find around here (Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician) - do you know the identity of the one that you found?

 

Monica

[aerogrower]

Is this fossilized? If so it is incredible? Nice finds all around. Thanks for posting.

[nala]

Thanks for the comments,yes aerogrover,this is real Jurassic wood,you can find also small peaces like these ,i will look for the pelecypod ID Monica

[Ludwigia]

1 hour ago, nala said:

but my best surprise was this part of the coral reef

time to go back

Nice! How big is that?

[nala]

More than 1 meter on every ways,this rock was very big and hard,i only took few pieces with a lot of difficulties

[Miocene_Mason]

Wow, the place is gorgeous as well as the fossils!

[nala]

Thanks WhodamanHD,the id for the Pelecypod is Mytilys acinaces

[belemniten]

Great pictures and finds 

Thanks for sharing !

[nala]

Thanks belemniten,I received few info about the big rocks full of Corals,this block could come from the Ferques area and would be Devonian ,trucks brigs these rocks to stops the waves the good ID would be Hexagonaria hexagona et Thamnopora boloniensis, Frasnien, Ferques, France.

[FossilDAWG]

That is a really interesting and beautiful spot.  You just cleared up my confusion about the corals, as they definitely looked Devonian and not Jurassic to me.  No ammonites apart from the fragment of an impression?  

 

Don

[nala]

Hello Don,only poor looking samples this time,too many people on the beaches the summer