RuMert Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) Hi all! As winter is getting nearer I tried to catch the last glimpses of summer and went for a one-day trip to the Volga river, taking advantage of unusually low water level and a good weather forecast combination. And I wasn't disappointed with scenery and finds, which I'd like to share with you. Last warm days of November before snow cover: Edited November 12, 2023 by RuMert 9 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) The site is situated within city limits, but it doesn't feel as such being a result of joining adjacent areas to cities in order to enlarge them for various reasons. It's a deserted shore overgrown with water vegetation: Edited November 12, 2023 by RuMert 11 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) There are lots of ammonites from 3 periods: iridescent Upper Volgian Craspedites spp. Simple Mid-Volgian Epivirgatites spp. And various Upper Kimmeridgian ammonites in phosphorite concretions. Such preservation is unique for this site multiplied by the fact that most of them are found on 2 "beaches" 50-100m long each. Edited November 12, 2023 by RuMert 17 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Beautiful ammonites. 2 1 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) A concretion sticking out of a clay cliff: The concretions are Yorkshire-like, easily crackable with lots of calcite inside: All 3 ammonite types together, they were found close to each other: Epivirgatites, Aulacostephanus and a small calcitic Craspedites. Sometimes it's not easy to tell them apart and you have to use magnification (at the time of my 1st report I didn't know about the concretions and thought Kimmeridgian ammos to be Volgian - especially since they are mostly Sarmatisphinctes spp. having an ordinary shell type similar to Epivirgatites). Kimmeridgian ichthyosaur remains found at the same place earlier: Volgian clam and Oxfordian oyster: The trip's haul: 1. Oysters, some of them xenomorphic 2. Oxfordian ammos: rare fragments 3. Oxfordian clams, pyritized 4. Kimmeridgian concretions with unknown content 5. ammo concretions 6. some wood 7. reptile verts 8. loose Kimmeridgian ammos 9. Kimmeridgian fauna: snail, brach, possible sponge 10. unusual mid-Volgian ammo 11. Mid-Volgian ammos 12. Upper Volgian ammos (Craspedites spp.): Edited November 13, 2023 by RuMert 1 22 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 Thanks for reading! (Syzran center pictured) 1 8 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Wow! Lots of great finds. Any chance of a close-up of the brachiopod, please? 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Wow! Lots of great finds. Any chance of a close-up of the brachiopod, please? Thank you! Sure, here it is. It also appears pyritized, so probably Oxfordian (at least Oxfordian ammos are mostly pyritized) 2 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Very interesting rhynchonellid. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Lots of nice finds! Thank-you for sharing this with us! 1 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Excellent way to end off the season!! Thanks for showing us. Don 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Yet another wonderful trip report, Rumert! Thanks for taking us along! 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Excellent trip report, Yury! I enjoyed the read and wonderful photographs! Great finds too! Thanks for taking us along! 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPrice Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Wow! What a nice haul! The iridescent Ammo is beautiful. Is this like some others that fade quickly once exposed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 3 hours ago, SPrice said: Is this like some others that fade quickly once exposed? These are better in this regard, they fade less. Next year I'll concentrate on this kind of ammos, they are also encountered in ravines nearby. They get much bigger and spiny 1 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 10 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: I enjoyed the read and wonderful photographs! Thanks! Soon I'll post my trip to Ulyanovk too. Not extraordinary, but an interesting scenery and some finds 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) Man you have a fantastic spot there! Beautiful stuff! Edited November 14, 2023 by BobC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taj Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Magnificent scenery , huge haul , what a dream field trip ! Tx for the report 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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