2 Days In Normandy : Falaises Des Vaches Noires (Black Cows Cliffs)

[elcoincoin]

Taking benefit of the highest tide of the year, i decided to try my luck and go hunt in a place called "black cows cliffs".

Those cliffs are between citys of Houlgate and Villers.

The geologic eras covered are both jurassic and cretaceous.

First day i went to the Houlgate side, the second i went throug Villers

Heres a few pictures of what i collected posted on flicker.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48637020@N06/sets/72157629436432900/

The one with oysters (lopha marshii) shows the work of sea eroding slowly the fossils from a non eroded shell at all to a nearly destroyed one

[Kosmoceras]

They are lovely, you get lots of nice fossils there.

[Ludwigia]

Nice finds! Looks like you chose the right time of year to visit those sites. I was there once in the summer time but guys like yourself had gotten there before me.

[elcoincoin]

High tide for the win.

tide was at 114 highest of the year and did all the work for us clearing away the mud

[Ludwigia]

High tide for the win.

tide was at 114 highest of the year and did all the work for us clearing away the mud

Great stuff!

[nala]

Nice finds elcoincoin and very familiar to me,the black cows are one of my fav playgrounds

[Auspex]

I see some neat looking echinoid spines!

[Raistlin]

Please forgive my ignorance for not knowing what they are but the "corn cob" looking things in the last photo are awesome. They are really beautiful, really great finds.

Robert

[Auspex]

Please forgive my ignorance for not knowing what they are but the "corn cob" looking things in the last photo are awesome. They are really beautiful, really great finds.

Robert

Yeah, the "baby corn" thingies are urchin spines: me likey!

[Raistlin]

Yeah, the "baby corn" thingies are urchin spines: me likey!

Thanks. I like them too. I find myself amazed on here daily with the detail in fossils. Before I joined I never would have thought there would be such great detail in a fossil.

Robert

[Lloyd]

Very nice. I love those ammonites.

[Taxman56]

Wow Nice photo's

[elcoincoin]

Urshin spines yes, Cidaris florigemma from oxfordian, to be precise