Robert Field Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Cold blustery day on the north coast of Normandy at Villers sur Mer The rock strata starts with upper callovian to the middle Oxfordian Jurassic capped with Lower cenomanian upper greensand Cretaceous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miocene_Mason Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 That’s a beautiful ammo there, love the in situ pictures! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Field Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Nucleolites scutatus oxfordian oolite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robert Field Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 11 minutes ago, Robert Field said: Holaster subglobosus Upper greensand late Cretaceous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Field Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Weathered nautilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Field Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Sliced Gastropoda in oxfordian oolite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Field Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Pyritised fossils from the Oxfordian clay ammonites gastropods and brachiopods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taj Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Looks like an euaspidoceras on the first pic ?I have a particular fondness for these ammonites rolled up on the beach to the point of being almost reduced to pebbles ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Nice finds Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Nice! I especially like the pyritized ammonites and the echinoids. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I, too, love those pyritized ammonites - wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Nice finds. I realy need to make timeto visit that location growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Bueatifuk pics and finds, thanks for sharing Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Very nice finds, congrats on so many beauties! -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...
caterpillar Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 22 hours ago, Robert Field said: Holaster subglobosus Upper greensand late Cretaceous No Holaster for me but certainly Hemiaster bufo http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Field Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 You are correct I wrote down the wrong name sorry Thanks for the correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everhardus Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Lovely, one of the places on my “to do” list ! Greetings to Tai who responded earlier ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taj Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 On 12/4/2017 at 6:28 AM, Manticocerasman said: Nice finds. I realy need to make timeto visit that location Now would be a bad idea... hey Everhardus , how is going for you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 7 hours ago, taj said: Now would be a bad idea... hey Everhardus , how is going for you ? Best after the winter I supose I'm still looking for a fossil hunting trip for during the Christmas holiday for 2 days in the north of France. mabey Ault growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taj Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Maybe , or maybe before that , depending on the weather . Right now the intertidal zone is completely buried under sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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