NZFossil

Not a lot. No chances to go out fossicking at all due to family commitments and work. Apologies to anyone who was expecting an invite. Here is a selection of NZ ammonites

Yesterday spent a day out on Kawhia Harbour, courtesy of Laurence Taylor. Many thanks to Laurence and Greg, our skipper and Anka for providing excellent company. We had an exploratory poke through the Heterian sections on the southern arms of the harbour. Much of interest which will repay another visit. We did not get to our planned destination. We learned that the approach was too shallow and that the best way to get there was over a farm. Greg has promised to provide contact. Many thanks. No really exciting finds to report. Mostly the usual suspects - Retroceramus galoi, Pleuromya miliformis and so on. Did find an unusually coloured bed of sandstone chock full of fossils near Ohineruru Bay, which will definitely require another visit. Captain Kings? Nice little specimen of Camptonectes cf laminatus. Found some partial ammonites in sticky yellow clay (Oraka?) with some Thracia sp., which I have not had a chance at identifying yet. A large flat nodule found at Totara Point, which may contain an ammonite. Too chicken to give it a tap yet. A beautiful day out accompanied by family and friends. (My eldest son was there too. My wife could not make it because she had twisted her ankle badly, alas.) We will go again.