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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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Abbey Wood, London, UK Early Ypresian, Blackheath Member Sunday April 14 2024 This time I certainly wasn’t on my own to dig – my husband, daughter (4F), my friend, her husband, and her son (4M) all came along! This meant less concentrated digging, but a lot of fun! The kids enjoyed digging for a bit, but mostly enjoyed washing the material in the sieve so I could collect and save the micromatrix to dry and go through at home. It was mostly me and my friend’s husband gathering material, but we got enough to take home to make the trip worthwhile. Despite digging less than 20 feet away from my previous spot, the finds I encountered were fairly different, perhaps due to the presence of tree roots that had prevented previous groups from digging there (it definitely made the going harder). On my first trip out by myself a month or so ago I found exclusively shark teeth and shells, but this time I also found 2 vertebrae and numerous guitar fish teeth. A lady with whom I was chatting during the digging session found a well-preserved shark vertebra, despite only dry-sieving the material. My take-aways from this trip would be to not bother with holes that are heavily infested with tree roots as it takes too long to break through them to scoop out the dirt. That was the main issue I encountered, as I had learned from last time to not bother starting to sieve the material until encountering fragments of shell, about 12-18 inches down. It is certainly possibly to find fossils dry-sieving, but wet-sieving on-site and then taking the micromatrix home to dry was a lot less time consuming and more productive, as well as more comfortable! We plan to go back again in a month’s time with another family whose son is really keen on finding shark teeth – I’m sure he won’t be disappointed! Summary of finds: Shells: - Bittersweet cockle Glycymeris plumstediensis - Marsh creeper Brotia melanoides X6 - Clamsucker Odostomia sp. X4 - Extinct clam probably Lentidium arnouldii - False limpet Sigapatella echinulata - Freshwater snail Melanopsis antidiluviana X7 - Marsh clam Corbicula cuneiformis var. forbesii X6 - Moon snail probably Euspira glaucinoides X4 - Nut clam Nucula gracilenta X2 - Marsh creeper Tympanotonus funatus - Whelk probably Eocantharus latus Sand shark teeth : Gluekmanotodus heinzelini X7 Striatolamia macrota X20 Sylvestrilamia teretidens X8 inconclusive X2 fragments X9 Other: vertebrae X2 (bony fish and shark?) Guitar fish Hypolophodon sylvestris teeth X6 unknown X3 I’ll post the photos of the 3 unknown items and 2 inconclusive shark teeth here in case anyone can help with identification, and the rest of the photos in an album. Hope you enjoyed the post!
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I found this at Charmouth beach, UK. It does look like some kind of foot to me. Any idea? Gerald, The Netherlands
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Hi all. Both ammonites found in Bristol, UK, BS31, as we're the shells and coral. Not much else to say but would be nice to get a bit more info from the pros?
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I found this tooth at highcliffe in the uk, so it is eocene in age. I have no idea what it is from so I would love some help. Thank you
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I had recently made a visit to Besom Hill, Old Ham, Manchester, UK for the spectacular remains of carboniferous fossils such as calamities, gastrioceras, and many more. Although I found some strange impressions in the shales (Listeri Marine band) and wished to get some idea on what it might be. It appears as an impression on the dark shale, has a sort of 3D impression on bottom and top. The pattern is lines radiating in a parallel manner, with slight but observable curvature. Surface is not flat, rather slightly wavy. First impression was possibly burrows, but probably not. Would it be some sort of shell or plant impression instead? Another specimen follows along as a cylinder.
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My son brought this home from the beach in western Dorset, England. He wasn't even looking for/expecting fossils, but am I right in thinking those "worms" are fossils? And is the flat textured area anything of note (it looks sort of skin like)? Thanks!
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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can help identifying the piece below. As far as I’m aware it was found by a family member in the uk along side several ammonites but unfortunately that’s all I know. Sorry if this is an obvious question I’m new to this 👍🏻
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Hello! I’m a complete fossil newbie, but after a recent trip near Cromer, Norfolk UK I have built an interest! My son found this on the beach, and am wondering if it’s a fossil or just a nothing bit of stone! Any help would be much appreciated. Please and thank you
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Hiya, First time posting….. We went for a family fossil walk this weekend along Barton-on-sea beach, Hampshire, UK. Among the fossilised shark teeth and shells my daughter also picked this out of the sand. I was thinking it is a fossilised meta-tarsal or phalange bone, looks like iron pyrite, but no idea what from? Hoping someone on here can lead me in the right direction. Thanks Vikki
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Hi all, new to the site, just hoping if someone might help us find out what this fossil is? Found with my daughter in Somerset, UK. Thanks in advance
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
minor striations + V-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-2-of-10.html> -
From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
minor striations + V-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-2-of-10.html> -
From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
minor striations + V-shaped 'pointy' cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-2-of-10.html> and <http://www.trg.org/downloads/fossils of abbey wood.pdf> -
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024
