fossils and trilobites
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Last summer we returned to Coulouma, where we wanted to visit some other spots in the neighbourhood of the ‘chemin du banc du Touring Club’. When we had passed the village of St-Jean-de-Minervois we met a sign 'routé barrée', indicating the road was clossed....
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Last year our summer holiday took us to Brittany. This was the occasion for a trilobite trip to the South of Rennes. We concentrated on the Bain de Bretagne, La Dominelais and Le Grand Fougeray area. This zone is typical for the higher Llanvirn. (Ordovicum)...
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I was able to lay hands on a selection of trilobites from the upper Cambrian of in Sweden. All come from an old collection. The labels that lay with the trilobites indicate they come from Ottenby/Öland. Ottenby is a small village on the island Öland,...
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If talking about Belgian trilobites, then the area east of Tournai (Allain, Vaulx, Antoing) definitely figures among the well known and studied outcrops. Among the taxa described from this region are Piltonia (Piltonia) kuehnei, Cummingella (Cummingella)...
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One of my father's favourite outcrop is the so called 'Mur des Douanniers' in Vireux-Molhain (Ardennes - France). If you follow the D.47 from Vireux-Molhain to Treignes, you can not miss this famous spot, it's just before crossing the border into Belgium....
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The Montagne Noire is a mountain range in southwestern France. It is located at the south-western end of the Massif Central in the border area of the Tarn, Hérault and Aude departments. Its highest point is the Pic de Nore at 1,210 m. Since the 19th century...
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Hi visitors, I’m 15 years and I love fossils. I’m a lucky person, I managed to pass the bug to my father and so I have a chauffeur and a companion to go fossil hunting. At first, we collected all kind of fossils, but for some time now, we concentrate...
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