elcoincoin Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 As monthes passed in 2017, i wasnt under the impression the year was that good fossilwise. But now it's over and after rewieing what i found during my different trips, i must say it has been a hell of a year. So here come most of my 2017 best finds. This is a trip in some french hunting place, mostly nothern half, From west to east, from ordovician to cretaceous. I hope you will enjoy the diversity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 First of all, the trilobites departement, So we are in the ordovician shale of britanny. Oldest stuff you will see in that thread. The closest hunting place for me, so i made about 10 visits there over the year. So first of all, what i consider as my best trilo fossil: Block of 2 Neseuretus tristani La Dominelais - Brittany - France - Ordovician - Landeilien (-460 MA) - found on february 2017 Detail : Then from same spot but from my last visit : Ectillaneus giganteus from the ordovician shales South of Rennes - la Dominelais - Brittany - France - collected in december 2017 Then from another place just other side of the highway ! Neseuretus Tristani (top) and Colpocoryphe Rouaulti (bottom), 2 trilobites from the ordovician shales - La Noe Blanche - South of Rennes - Brittany - France - collected in november 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Then we reach the permian epoch. First visit to that site for me and maybe just a one time opportunity. The picture is highly magnified, the "beast" is only 2 cm long. Set of 2 Branchiosaurus Petrolei, a permian amphibian (size 2 cm) from Autun oil shale. - Autunian - collected in autumn 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Nice finds! My N. tristani has a home on a special shelf in our livingroom, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Now, comes the jurassic. During autumn, i also paid a visit not far from Semur en Auxois (burgondy), the city that gave its name to Sinemurian epoch. Place is well known for its huge arietite ammos. I didnt found a complete one but i found this big fellow : A nautiloid from Vic de Chassenay - Burgondy - France - sinemurian - collected in autum 2017 I also made a trip in the area of Niort. The pit is bajocian and aalenian. I found this very well preserved Nautiloid, with dendrite on its surface. A Nautiloid from Nanteui - Deux Sèvres - France - Bajocian - collected in september 2017 I also spent some time in Normandy, I only spent one day in "Les Vaches Noires" though, I only found interesting fossil, but how beautifully preserved : Myophorella SP, a bivalve from Les Vaches Noires - Normandy - France - oxfordian - collected in june 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 And ill finish with cretaceous localities i had the opportunity to spend some time in. Some, northen part of Normandy shore line and its chalck cliffs. Echinoids land In Antifer, i mostly found some Crassiholaster Subglobosus . This one being the best of them : Crassiholaster Subglobosus from Antifer - Normandy - france - cenomanian - collected in may 2017 Further North, we found some blocks full of Echinocorys : Block of Echinocorys Gravesii from Les Petites Dalles, Normandy, France - Coniacian - collected in may 2017 And further nNorth again, This flint Echi : Flint Echinocorys Gravesii from Veulette sur Mer - Normandy - France - Coniacian - collected in may 2017 And this is it ! I hope you enjoy your french trip ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Awesome finds! Love those trilos and the amphibian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 That bumpy bivalve is a beauty!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Nice branchiosaur! Those autun deposits are not very accessible for fossil hunter and rarely do any come out anymore. “...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...
Wrangellian Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Monica said: That bumpy bivalve is a beauty!!! That's a Trigonia... It is a nice one for sure. What causes the black streaks, I wonder... All beauties, elcoincoin. I think you're showing me what my Cretaceous stuff over here would look like if it were preserved better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Yes, you had a good year! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Looks like You had a pretty good year of fossil hunting, with some nice finds! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I really wish my year sucked that bad;) Nice finds. Blown away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Vous avez fait des stes belles trouvailles cet annee. Est ce que les vertebres qu'on voit qui vont diagonalement sont du meme animal Permien? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Lovely finds, thanks so much for sharing! Hope this year is even better for you then last. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 hours ago, jpc said: Vous avez fait des stes belles trouvailles cet annee. Est ce que les vertebres qu'on voit qui vont diagonalement sont du meme animal Permien? Hi there, Second specimen, but same specie, a bit less complete though. I have a pending shooting session from specimens from this locality including more or less in connection fish scales set and some small plant remains. but i really need time and a good light to manage something with the photos. So i shall post more of them soon hopefuly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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