Fossilhunting place

A map of the part of Kerchen penninnsula from which the fossils are

And so, from 31.08.2011 to 16.08.2011 I collected fossils on the Azov seashore. Here were plants (some unidentified species), mammals, invertebrates, corals, sponges and so on... I was told, that "Zapovednyk Mis Kazantip" [Russian] was in the Miocene a coral reef, and I proved it by finding many coral and sponge remnants there.

The stratigraphy of the local fossils is relatively simple: practically all are from Miocene - Pliocene, however are some rocks from Carboniferrous (some shark teeth and pieces of coal) and a strange unidentified yet tooth. It looks it's not from Miocene.

 

Modern animals

 

A giant grasshoper and a mantis

 

 

 

The most distributed animals in the region near town Schelkino are insects. Mantis of different kinds(some iris species, and M.religiosa), huuuuuuuuuuuuuge amount of grasshopers: giant species the size of atwo human thumbs put together and small nymphs with medium(thumb-) sized animals.