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Christmas holliday fieldtrip in the chalk.

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Winter is the best time of the year for fossil hunting near the cliffs at the french coast.

So like every year Natalie and I spend a few days at the "Côte d'opale" in northern France to prospect.

The storms and tides cleaned up a lot of the boulders from the last cliff fals. The weather conditions were a bit harsh but we managed a few good prospections and we scored a few large ammonites.

 

 

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as for the pictured ammonites: 

the large flat plain ammonite:

Parapuzosia sp.

( middle cenomanian)

 

the ribbed ammonites:

Acanthoceras rhotomagence

( middle cenomanian )

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Life's Good!

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Very nice report and finds!

Thanks for posting, Kevin.

Happy New Year, as well!  :) 

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Fantastic Festive Season finds 👍

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Seems like a perfect way to spend Christmas!

 

Is the straight densely ribbed fossil a heteromorph ammonite?

 

Don

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Great ammonites Kevin and an awesome austere landscape (in cold conditions) to find them in. Real dedication there by both you and Natalie. Congratulations and thanks for posting these photos.

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Great finds!

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Cheers!

James

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13 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

Seems like a perfect way to spend Christmas!

 

Is the straight densely ribbed fossil a heteromorph ammonite?

 

Don

 

Yes It is :) a Hamites simplex. it came loose during the prep, but I kept it on  a little piece of matrix with the imprint of the larger ammonite, so I could glue it back on the exact possiton where it originally was.

 

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Great trip report, Kevin! And lovely finds! :wub: I'm dreaming of heading down there myself as well still this winter - weather and finances permitting!

 

Also, very happy New Year! May 2024 be a fossil-rich year for all of us! :yay-smiley-1:

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Wow! What a great Christmas gift to yourselves.

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Gorgeous scenery!

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Very nice, to see the pictures from the field.

 

Nice ammonite finds, too!!!

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