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Few Days In The Black Cows, Normandy


nala

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Thanks DarrenElliot,it's a pholadomya philippsii from the Oxfordian

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post-2325-0-81325900-1426199781_thumb.jpgpholadomya cf. similis-Agassiz 1842

there is also a little pelecypod on the Lopha side post-2325-0-51135800-1426202543_thumb.jpg

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Gery,

You have a huge variety of different species over there. :) this gives a nice overview of the paleo-ecology of northern France.

I have never visited “ les vaches noires”, but I have prospected Oxfordian layers in the French Ardennes with a lot of fossils that match those In Normandy.

It is from the same prehistoric sea: “ Le bassin Parisien” but from the complete opposite side of it.

A: Vaches noires (Black cows)

B: Ardennes Francaises

There was also a huge variety of different species over there.

The matching species I collected are: Cardioceras, Euaspidoceras, pholadomya, Modyolus, Gryphea, Myophorella, Nucleolites,…

Although there were also Arisphinctes ammonites, I don’t know if they are also found In the black cows.

Kevin

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Thanks Kevin,yes the level is very similar,there are also very specific kind of fossils with a typical rock from the two sites.Thanks for the map and comparison! :)

Thanks for the comment BobC and Chris :)

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Very nice finds and excellent pictures too! The beach pictures are really beautiful. :)

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