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hi, i was given some interesting looking rocks. as far as i’m aware they were collected in the carboniferous deposits of northumberland. i cant tell if they’re fossils or just cool concretions… anyone know?
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Hi I heard about seaton sluice and other carboniferous exposures along the coast. I understand that bivalves etc can be found there but can fish remains be found there? If not is there anywhere else in Northumberland/County Durham where carboniferous fish remains can be found?
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Hi, just looking to find out what I found today. The biggest I've found at Seaton Sluice beach in coniferous area, Northumberland in UK
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Hi, I'd appreciate some help with this one, it's got me completely foxed and I can't find anything similar online. The matrix is a mudstone, it was a loose rock in a stream, the rocks in the area are all Brigantian (Upper Visean) - Carboniferous Cyclothem deposits (Northumberland, UK). There were 3 of these, all about an inch long, oval shaped, but fairly irregular, with faint radial lines/corrugations from a central 'spine'. They are three dimensional about a quarter of an inch thick. Small spiriferid brachiopod shell fragments in the same rock are undeformed, so I think the irregular shape is original. They remind me of small jellyfish but I think that's highly unlikely to have fossilised so I'm guessing some sort of trace fossil. All three are similar in shape and size so I'm wondering if there's a specific name for these, and whether it's known sort of creature made them? Cheers Steve
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Hi there I'm totally new to fossil hunting. I went on my first fossil hunt and found these. They were found on the Northumberland coast in England. The beach was mainly composed of granite and limestone and some shale. Does anybody have any ideas? I was thinking crinoid and coral. Thank you!
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Hi folks. Hubby and I went for a walk on the Northumberland coast today to look for the remains of a 10,000 year old submerged forest. We found it (and it's incredible!) but we also picked up this stone and we were wondering if it was a bit of a fossil. I'm sorry it's just a small thing, but we still got a little bit excited when we found it. I'd be really grateful if anyone could help. Thanks in advance.
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Hello. Please could you tell me what these things are found on the Northumberland coast, England? Toe of wellington boot in images to indicate scale. Third image is just slightly smaller than the second find. Please tell me everything you can... name of find, time it lived, whatever you can say would help me very much. I found several of these, but the three here are the best/biggest. Is it worth trying to get some form of protection for the area where these are to protect them from people walking on the rocks, or are they too common to be worthwhile saving in situ? I do want to preserve them though as an indicator of the prehistoric record of my area - they will get damaged/lost to the sea before long, so are they best left to their fate, or should they be removed to put in our planned local museum? Thank you.
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Just came across your Forum a few days ago. It's great to be able to share collections/finds online. Looking forward to trading in the near future seeing as we all have our 'local' fossil species in relative abundance, well hopefully. I have already chatted to a couple of members and of course we are all on the same 'wavelength' so we have much in common. I am unsure what the policy is and how/if members swap on a regular basis but would assume it is the logical thing to do! If anyone is interested I am also into physics and astronomy.
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