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salut eric j attendais avec impatience cette photo la, et pour quaternaire ,tu a raison il faut y retourner....

the rest of the warrior on the heap of rubbish removed from the galleries, most of these pieces are now in museums such a jewel or in collections that will eventually al soon be day in the museum of Orleans or tours... hoping that you appreciate the journey cordially jnoun

a landslide of clay....if you will be prisoners under ...,your past away for sure. I putt his picture a little to calm the young starlings who take a dream of this deposit facilities...like many others this quarry is great, but like many other it takes patience and dont do anything stupids, no matter how.Anything is possible with a good team and courage...Was it none of us better than another in the team and everyone has to work hard to find this wonderful material. is the encounter of several passionate and energy that allowed all these discoveries.

defense of Dinotherium up in a gallery

brachipotherium lower jaw 50 cm lenght http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diceratherium

big fresh water turtle skull

testudo promarginata complete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testudo_(genus)

maxilllaire of Dinotherium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinotherium

he has never been an accident in tavers but as you see is a sandy environment,while the weight of sand and clay may at any time you fall on it ....i was young and many certainly a little inconscient.lot of interested persons by the fabulous discoveries came to join us,watching the hole and cryings tears....

top view of the same jaw

a young gomphotherium jaw with deciduous tooth no 3 and 4 the first molar is close to show up... https://www.facebook...111194502264003

a tribute to mr Quatrehomme looking for pliopithecus teeth (back in the sediment.(there are no pliopithecus in miocene deposits of tavers) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pliopithecus/111038162280893

a view of the well,as you can see the access was not obvious ...

happy buddy...

a cry...a hand full of treasure... and another beautiful gomphotherium tooth (miocene elephant).

and finally...a beautiful gomphotherium tooth show up in the gallery....

the work was on very narrow gallery in the sand...Was clearing all using buckets and ropes, it was not a solitary work but work all of a team of passionate people,he could stay several weeks on site. sometime we slepped on a gallery.

my friend michel emerging from the well in question...the surprise on his face given the job ...

the well is finally consolidate . serious things are going to start...

manufacture of a formwork to avoid to be buried under the sand,the well is now digging up until the Beauce limestone layer.

under the slab of clay we found five or six meters of sand . fossils are rare but usually complete.

the shovel and courage are needed to tackle this kind of work....

hello everyone some pictures of an old deposit of ORLEANAIS tavers the fossiliferous sands of ORLEANAIS in this region are just above the limestone of Beauce. age of this deposit is miocene and lot of fossils belonging to mammals group. some of you who participate in is adventure will recognize some images. cordially jnoun digging of well which sometimes was reaching 6 meters...

bonsoir je vient de recevoir plusieurs messages qui me font remarquer que ce serait bien si les textes etaient en francais et en anglais. donc j ai traduit la plupart des textes et rajouter quelques photos dans la partie internationale de geoforum. jnoun

gigi en pleine euphorie et on le comprend au vu de sa jolie trouvaille