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Hi guys, I thought I’d give you a bit of background first, Wilmington quarry (bovey lane pit) was a quarry located in Devon that closed many decades ago. It was well known for its vertebrate remains but due to strict access, there isn’t too much material floating around, even in older collections. anyway these fossils come from the Wilmington sands member of the grey chalk subgroup, upper chalk anyway I can’t really find any literature on it so I’ve based my id’s on the gault clay which is only slightly older, feel free to correct me 1. squalicorax primaevus? You you can
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I am brand new to fossils and this forum.. and just dug a large boulder up in the garden which is full of bedrock like this. Is this a leaf?
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A few old collection specimens of Devon coral that I've acquired over the years. In scarce supply now, the south Devonshire area around Torquay and Teignmouth was once (mainly 19th and early 20th c) the centre of an ornamental "marble" industry. Much of it went into high class interiors (floors, pillars etc.) but there was a large usage of small pieces for ornamental objects (desk furniture, trinket boxes) and also as inlay pieces for magnificent tables. Fossil specimens were also specifically sold as such. It's not a true marble but a range of well compressed, heated and mineralise
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hi guys i recently purchased a nice set of ptychodus teeth from the cenomian chalk of Wilmington,Devon, was told that they were likely associated, any help would be good, im thinking either ptychodus marginalis or mammilaris
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Small, cone-shaped cup. Very long, unbranched arms without pinnules. The arms are about twenty times as long as the cup. The anal sac is arm-like. Lit.: O. Follmann (1887) Unterdevonische Crinoiden. Verhandlungen des Vereins Rheinland, xliv 1887: pp. 113-138.
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Hey all! I was visiting the Jurassic Coast in Devon yesterday and found these 3 fossils (I think) under the rocky cliffs on Lulworth Cove in Devon, England. ..does anyone know what they might be please? I have labelled each one 1, 2 and 3 and number 3 has 3 pictures attached; 3a,3b,3c. Unfortunately this is larger and a more difficult shape of rock to photograph. any help or advice on the ID of any of these would be great. PS. I am an amateur and have no idea if they even are fossils, but it would be exciting if they were. Thanks again for any
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Platyceras (Spiniplatyceras) arkonense (Shimer + Grabau 1902)
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3x On a hash plate from the north pit at Hungry Hollow, Ontario along with brachiopod and crinoid debris. Arkona Shale Formation, Givetian, Middle Devon.- 6 comments
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3cm. Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon Found at the south pit at Hungry Hollow, Arkona, On., Canada -
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5cm. long Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon Found at the south pit at Hungry Hollow, Arkona, On., Canada -
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4.5cm. A nicely formed little sample with iron pyrites. Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon From Hungry Hollow, Arkona, Ontario, Canada -
Platyceras (Spiniplatyceras) arkonense (Shimer&Grabau 1902)
Ludwigia posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Gastropods and Bivalves Worldwide
5cm. long. On Matrix with a lot of bryozoan, crinoid, brachiopod, trilobite & coral detritus, particularly a nicely pyritized Heliophyllum(?) Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon -
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3cm. Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon Found at the south pit at Hungry Hollow, Arkona, On., Canada -
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15mm. Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon Found at the south pit at Hungry Hollow, Arkona, On., Canada -
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10x5.5cm. Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon Found at the south pit at Hungry Hollow, Arkona, On., Canada -
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Pygidium. 3.5cm. Hungry Hollow Member Widder Formation Givetian Middle Devon Found at the south pit at Hungry Hollow, Arkona, On., Canada-
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Hello, I’m new to the forum and to fossils so please forgive my inexperience. I found this a few weeks ago on Sidmouth beach in Devon, south west England amongst the pebbles and shells on the sand. It is very light weight (22.5g) and a blue/grey colour. The interesting thing to me is its weight, and the notable grooves and holes. I’m not even sure if it really is a fossil but any insight would be really appreciated! many thanks.
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8x7x4cm. Sötenicher Kalkmulde Middle Devon Givetian Found in the Eifel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.- 4 comments
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Cornwall and south Devon 'originally part of mainland Europe'
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Cornwall and south Devon 'originally part of mainland Europe' Study reveals Britain acquired regions when struck by land bearing what is now France, Ima Sample, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/14/cornwall-and-south-devon-originally-belonged-to-europe The open access paper is: Arjan H. Dijkstra, and Callum Hatch, 2018, Mapping a hidden terrane boundary in the mantle lithosphere with lamprophyres Nature Communications. 9, Article number: 3770 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06253-7 Yours,-
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https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-fossil-predates-dinosaurs-links-1955629#
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Hi there, My son (11) has found what he believes to be a piece of Amber, while we were fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast. Can anybody tell us if this could be Amber, it's definitely not glass. Also, what is the best method to try to clean it up? We'd like to try to polish it up. Thanks in advance, Adrian and Henry
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Old time Devonian coral specimen from Devonshire, UK. Frechastraea
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Specimens of corals from the Devonian limestones of Devonshire in England are hard to come by nowadays - this is one I've just bought and repolished. It's likely to be a 19th century sample from when the quarries and marble trade were flourishing - many such pieces were sold then as scientific specimens, and many more were used decoratively. Frechastraea sp. , Givetian/lower Frasnian, Torquay area. The brass scale bar is 1cm long. -
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Planning a trip to England this summer ... just want to hear opinions from the forum members on the general do's and dont's for collecting on the Jurassic coast, or recommendations of any kind... thanks!
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Along with a couple of rugose corals (Enterolasma?). From the lower Devonian Haragan Formation in Clarita,Oklahoma. Obtained on a trade with Shamalama. Thanks, Dave.
