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Following the 1989-90 winter storms, remains of several straight-tusked elephants as well as a rich quaternary paleoflora were found on the strand of La Parée beach in Brétignolles-sur-Mer (Vendée, France). The story of these findings, the diggings of the bones, the dating and the paleoenvironment of the deposits are mentioned in this article. The sediments are old "peat bogs" which belong to two distinct eras : Pleistocene (peat bog holding the remains of straight-tusked elephants) and Holocene (peat bog showing tracks of Bovidae and prints of tools, and higher peat bogs).
Using the fossil dinosaur footprints of the lower Lias of Le Veillon at Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, (Vendée) as a starting point, the reconstitution by pupils of a unique fossil-bearing site is under consideration. The paleobiology and paleoecology of reptiles in this geological site are dealt with.
