nala Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 This time i made a hunt in the tertiary near Paris,it's like the desert in the middle of the forest,many gasteropods and shells Bartonian part of the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 That is Eocene?! Wonderful preservation "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks Auspex,it's between 40.4 and 37.2 Ma,we call this stage Bartonien,it's the middle of the Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 As always, Gery, your photos take my mind on vacation. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks JohnJ ;and the forest around was really beautifull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 The preservation on those shells is excellent. Sweet finds. Looks like a cool place to hunt. You'll never need another shell after visiting that place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Very nice fossil hunting place and even nicer fossils to be found. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Wow!!!!!! I've seen some of those Eocene fossils from the Paris region...incredible preservation...look more like Pliocene. I had no Idea the outcrops were that rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks MakoMeCrazy,Survivor And Northstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Your honey hole makes dream ! Bravo and thank you for the sharing. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Cool stuff... any bones or teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thanks Coco and jpc,I found deer tracks It was a lagoon environment, during drying in the Eocene, the wildlife is not very diverse, but highly specialized and very well adapted to this environment extremely salted This is the Fauna: Gastéropods : Natica, Cérithium, Potamides, Bithinella, Bayania, Battillaria, Pugilina, Melongena minax, Dissostoma, Lymnea. Bivalves : Avicula defrancei , Trinacria, Corbula, Cardium, Meretrix. Foraminifères : Rosalina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 The Fauna from the Bartonien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hi Gery. Thanks for taking us on this nice walk on the "beach". Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thanks for the comment Roger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Very cool finds Gery. That plate in your most recent comment is awesome! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 nala- thanks.. nice deer tracks. I have heard that many of the Paris Basin Eocene mamamal sites are primarily shell beds, with occasional teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thanks Dave,the stone is very hard to cut in pieces but i like those mortality plates also Yes jpc,there were nice places with shells but also mammals fossils and teeth,but it's much more difficult to access without problems the few which still exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Nice spot, Gery! I love those plates. I hope you could get some of those big ones out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoTerra Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Amazing!!! Just amazing...so lucky to have such great sites close at hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Thanks PaleoTerra,Texas seems to be a nice area for hunt also Thanks Eric,The biggest blocks are really thick and heavy,the stone is much harder to break than concrete.That's why i only picked few parts It's a good place for micro also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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