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Matagne formation hunt ( Late Devonian )


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Past weekend we had a "sunny" field trip to my usual hunting spot with the "LITHOS" geology club.

We spent the whole day searching the late Devonian shales and nodules for al kind of fossils, brachiopods, crinoids, cephalopods, corals,...

 

We did find the usual pyritised cephalopods ( manticoceras sp, tornoceras sp. and bactrites sp. ) but to me my biggest prize was when I hit a layer with a lot of goniatite anaptichy :D

 

enjoy the pictures :) :

 

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Wow ! Sweet finds! Thanks for sharing this report and pics. Congratulations on a great hunt!

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Those pyritized cephalopods are beautiful! :wub:

And the aptychi are great finds! 

Good trip and thanks for the report. :)

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Very beautiful fossils ! And your prep work is awesome too :fistbump:

 

I really love the small goniatites !! :envy::envy::wub:

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Love the pyritized fossils and the aptychus! Awesome finds!

“...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

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Those pyritized cephalopods make mine look... well..... less good :rofl:
Great finds! 

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Ooh shiny! :D

 

Looks lovely!

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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thx for al the replies :)

 

I did find an other realy intereesting fossil, a fragment of a Devonian landplant in a nodule, I had it checked and it turned out to be an Archaeopteris sp. . it is the first time I found plant material at this location. next to the plant material there is a small goniatite, crinoid stems and a few brachiopods in the matrix.

 

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5 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Very nice finds! Wouldn't it be nice to someday find Aptychi in place in the shell?

That would be an amazing find :) mabey next time :D

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