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Trip report: The Fabulous Fossils of Pas de Calais!
FossilLerp2 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another trip report! Last week, me and my family went to France once again, but this time to northern France, near Cap Blanc Nez. Cap Blanc Nez is a well-known fossil-hunting site for its ammonites and other fossils. It is located quite near the coast of England, and if the weather's clear you can see the cliffs of Dover very clearly. Day 1: it's a start The first fossil trip was rather disappointing. We walked down the stairway to the beach and headed directly to Grand Blanc Nez, the main landmark in the area. We started searching close to the cliffs, between the large chalk boulders. After some time had passed, we found something which, at first glance, looked like a rock covered in plants. After examining the rock for a while, we came to the conclusion that these "plants" must be suture lines from an ammonite. The rock was way too heavy to be carried off the beach, so I took some pictures to closely examine the ammonite later. Here it is: Lewesiceras sp. It slowly became dark, and we decided to return to our cottage, after what wasn't a particularly satisfying fossil hunt. But as we were walking back towards the car, a surprise was waiting for us: some clay layers (which later turned out to be from the cenomanian stage) were exposed while we were busy searching for fossils amongst the rocks. On top of the clay layers were some small pyrite ammonites, of multiple genera. These finds were certainly promising, but it quickly became too dark to find anything, so we went back to our cottage. After I had scoured the internet and a useful conversation with Euhoplites on instagram (you should definitely check him out) , it seemed like we went to the wrong side of the beach. Like I said in the beginning of the trip report, we went to Grand Blanc Nez, which is on the righthand side when you walk down to the beach. Euhoplites told me that this isn’t the best location for fossils at Cap Blanc Nez. You should actually go left, towards Petit Blanc Nez. Euhoplites sp. This pyrite ammonite was found on top of the cenomanian clay layers. You can find day 2 in the comments!- 11 replies
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Hi everyone, Last week I went to the French cliff coast between Calais and Bologne Sur Mer. At Petit Blanc Nez, a coast famous for its marcasite and ammonite, I found a remarkable bone that looks like a tail or a foot bone. I compared it with finger bones or foot bones, but the middle bones are to short to be a foot and there are to many bones to be a finger here's a link that leads to the exact location where i found it: https://goo.gl/maps/nSv73i2kYwXwqhij7 Can you help me out? Thank You!