Pixpaleosky Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 To the west of Marseille is the Nerthe Massif, which unveils a rock from the Jurassic and the lower Cretaceous, with a transgressive Miocene cover that is accessible by the sea. Further north, there are many ponds, with some small exposures ranging from Burdigalian to Helvetian. The Miocene layers deliver fossils of corals, shells, sea urchins and teeth. They are not very abundant, but sometimes of good quality. These reveal life in this region 14 million years ago. The interest also lies in the range of fossils found there and in the fauna of sharks, rays and other fish that have left behind their fossilized teeth. These range from 2 millimeters to several centimeters and belonged to great sharks such as tiger shark or bull shark. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Their conservation, like any fossil, is exceptional because the required conditions are rarely met. It must have been a calm environment along the coast, which allowed the remains of the animals to be preserved. We can then reconstruct the place of life of these extinct animals. It must have been a shallow warm sea not far from the coast, because of the fauna we can find: shells that lived in the sand, fishs, sharks, dolphins… A narrow sea was going from what is now mediterrenean sea to north of France, and later during Miocene period this sea disapeared : 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 I found about fifteen species of sharks in these deposits, plus several rays. For bony fish, discoveries are rare because their teeth are very small. Nevertheless I was able to find 5 species including large Barracuda teeth or the small round and flat teeth of Sparus, cousin of the sea bream, who lives in the seagrass beds. Herebelow, gastropods from Aquitanian, Amussium from and Clypeaster from Burdigalian : 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 And here some in situ teeth : Myliobatis, Carcharias and Galeocerdo 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Great scenic photographs and some lovely in situ ones as well. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Amazing scenery and fossils! I'll have to go there this summer if possible Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Great report, great fossils, great pics! I am escpecially loving in-situ pics, and you provided a lot of them Thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Great report and pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossi59 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 The snails look great. Franz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Great report and what a beautiful place. Looks like some awesome fossils also. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I also love the in-situ pictures, Nico (especially the cute little urchin nestled in rock ) - thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 Thank you I took some pictures of teeth that we don't see often on the forum: Diodon (the baloon fish) , barracuda (big carnivorous fish) and sparus jaw (like a seabass) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 My favorite seashell: a big pecten called Gigantopecten, about 20cm 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 aetobatis ray 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 And 2 sharks, ginglymostoma the nurse shark and Isistius the cookiecutter 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, Pixpaleosky said: Gigantopecten You have to love them big scallops. I have a nice one ,Lacoste, in Vaucluse, great thread . I do like your landscape photos. I also like the visual aids of adding images of the creature your collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 This is an excellent thread! I would love to have such a beautiful place to collect! You have quite a number of cookie-cutter shark teeth. Are they common there, or is this the result of a lot of collecting? On this side of the Atlantic cookie-cutters are generally rare, except for a very few sites. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Thanks for posting all these wonderful finds and showing us the site. How many trips did it take to get all of these together? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 30 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: You have to love them big scallops. I have a nice one ,Lacoste, in Vaucluse, great thread . I do like your landscape photos. I also like the visual aids of adding images of the creature your collecting. Ahah yes ! Also in my plate The ones from Lacoste are classics, i also have one I bought long time ago. A second Gigantopecten, we can see it lied at the sea bottom for a While after its death : barnacles lived on it 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 31 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: You have quite a number of cookie-cutter shark teeth. Are they common there, or is this the result of a lot of collecting? On this side of the Atlantic cookie-cutters are generally rare, except for a very few sites. Don I collect on 2 different places and only one has this specie. And they are very rare ! It took a lot of time, numerous trips to collect these. 27 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Thanks for posting all these wonderful finds and showing us the site. How many trips did it take to get all of these together? Literally years and years and years ! I stopped counting the trips. But now i dont go anymore because i try to find other stuff I only kept the best ones in these 2 boxes : 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Hello this my collecting of the same place ,J find shark teeth ,sea urshin ,complite shell,tooth of whales,crabs ,article of stars etc... 5 J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 another fossiles 3 J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Crabs,portunus 3 J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Schizaster lovisatoi 3 J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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