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Very large & irregular flint nodule, sea sponge or burrow system?
Thames Adventurer posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi! I found this very large and irregularly shaped flint nodule on the Thames foreshore, London. To me, it kind of looks like the branching arms of a sea sponge, but I have heard that flint nodules also sometimes filled the shape of animal burrows and other things. It has a number of holes/handles in it. What do you think it is?- 9 replies
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Hi, I split flint pebbles on a beach at Wherrytown, Cornwall, UK to use as chisels to carve granite and dolerite sculptures. This one cleaved nicely and on each facet had near identical patterns. I have seen thousands of flint facets and expect a few fossils, however this looks like a soft bodied creature; Annelida hirudinea. It looks segmented and has iron compounds within as though remains of blood. Have I been fooled by banded flint or is this remarkable preservation of something like a fish leach? Graham
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