Hi all,
Last summer, while out hunting at the Vaches Noires on the Normandy coast of France, we found the below tooth in the Marnes de Dives (upper Callovian)
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I extracted it from its matrix in order to be able to tell with confidence whether carinae are present or not and thus whether the tooth could be metriorhynchid - which I thought, at the time, to be the only other major contender. Carinae are not present. As such, I then arrived at the conclusion that the too
Hey Pachy , you want to get back there , better hurry up ! The last ( and final ) draft of the proposed protection plan for the Normandy coast has been released . And surprise , surprise , it's a total ( and unexpected ) reversal of the former drafts . Total ban on collecting on the proposed protected areas ( whatever , whenever , wherever) .So better hurry up before law is enacted ( 2023) ....You've got to love french administration .