Pierre Cervennansky, an amateur fossil hunter from Gargenville (Yvelines), has just donated his impressive collection to the Center for Archaeological Research of the Mantaise Region (Crarm) in Épône (Yvelines).
The enthusiast had accumulated hundreds of thousands of fossils collected from different sites for 40 years, reports 78 Actu.
The center thus received 400 crates with a total weight of around 15 tonnes.
In the boxes was notably the very first find of the generous donor.
It is a shark tooth discovered 20 meters deep in a quarry during the 1970s. The specialist also had the fossil of an 80 million year old sea urchin.
Train future archaeologists
Despite their sentimental value, Pierre Cervennansky preferred to part with his fossils so that they could contribute to the training of a new generation of archaeologists.
He also wants more research to be done on his findings.
The collection should eventually be exhibited and accessible to the general public.
Some of the fossils from Yvelinois should also be donated to the European Echinoid Club.
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