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Hello everyone, A friend of mine and his family will be headed to the south-central and southwest portion of UK for a vacation next week. He asked me if there were any places to collect fossils. 20 years ago I did some collecting in Charmouth, but I know times and permissions change. ANy recommendations on where he could take his family and what if any restrictions or limitations there may be? thank you
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Hello everyone, thought I'd pop my head in and say hello! I'm from the UK and live near Derby. Looks like a good group!
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I have had a bit of a weird issue occur. I have shipped to the US without issue a fair few times but lately I have run into some problems with prohibited goods. So I shipped a Mammoth Molar an Ammonite and a stand and the parcel got held up as I didn't declare the stand and mini Ammonite, fair enough no worries, I spoke with Fedex and they said I used a third party (parcel2go) so I must go through them as the agent. Nice and easy to fix and had to re state the contents of the parcel as a Woolly Mammoth molar fossil, and an Ammonite and a stand, all good sorted and done. I have shipped a fair while ago the auction win off to Texas which also had extras inside so I though I had better check all is good and it said delivered so assumed all done. The recipient has been off air for a while and hadn't answered my messages so was unable to check with them. Anyway the parcel got returned to me a few days ago! After a long live chat with parcel2go again they informed me that the parcel contained prohibited goods! As Spinosaur teeth and an Ichthyosaur vert breech their rules regarding transporting ANY animal parts. I said they are fossils so do not have any actual animal parts at all, they said sorry teeth are teeth! So this leaves me with an issue! They refunded me the postage but not the insurance so I am left a bit out of pocket by this but that is not really the problem, I have a parcel that needs to be in Texas but it isn't permitted but it was with a parcel posted after that one it was? Help!!
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Not sure if I've found a fossil. Can anybody help me ID this, please?
Flashgordon posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone, my sister and I went out on walk at a local nature reserve this morning in the UK. With the weather being so hot recently, water levels have dropped in the ponds and the lake that are situated in the reserve. I found this shell sitting at the edge of a very hidden pond. It was NOT found in rock, it's very light weight, very fragile. Is it still a kind of fossil? Thanks guys
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Hello! Complete newbie here. I went looking for fossils for the very first time last week and came across a few interesting things that I don't really know what I'm looking at. I won't bombard you with them though ha, but if anyone can help me identify this that I found at Whitby Bay, UK I'd be much appreciated. Any idea on age? Also any tips on looking after it? Do I need to seal it or anything. Thank you in advance! Also, can anyone say how old they think the mussel may be also? So excited to learn about this subject span widgetpan widget
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Hi, I'm newly into fossils because of my son, so I have no idea what this is although I thought it looked a little like a tentacle. Length: 9mm Width: 4mm at its widest. Found on Worthing beach, West Sussex. Not entirely sure of our geology but I know we're a chalk area with flint, the stony beach is a mixture of stones including a lot of flint but also other rocks. Thank you!
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"A crown-group cnidarian from the Ediacaran of Charnwood Forest, UK"
FranzBernhard posted a topic in Fossil News
Link to BBC News: Auroralumina attenboroughii Link to paper: Auroralumina attenboroughii Franz Bernhard- 3 replies
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Hi all I picked this up today whilst walking near a reservoirin the U.K. The geology is Carboniferous, namurian in age. The block is about 6 inches by 6 inches. Thanks
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Hello! I work in a primary school in the U.K. and have just posted for some fossil ID, although it has gone slightly wrong as I posted before I could explain! I really must improve my ICT skills! The reason for the post and some subsequent ones I will make, is that I would like to know if what I have are actually fossils, so that I am able to show and explain to the children who are very excited about this topic. I am a complete beginner, so please excuse anything! I am very happy with just a basic explanation, even if my ‘tooth’ is not a tooth and actually nothing worth showing the children at all! All these were found in Essex U.K. on the East coast, either on the beach or in gravel on my drive! I hope you will understand, be patient with me, and I hope I may be able to tell the children something exciting! With many thanks , Den
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Hello, Here is another crinoid I'm curious about ID. It's Silurian-aged from the Upper Wenlock Layer of Wren's nest, Dudley UK. The plating makes me think this is a bit of crinoid calyx poking out of matrix, measures about 1cm. I do see a plate missing, but I wonder if it's possible there's more crown buried in the rock that's worth prepping out.
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I have been chatting back and forth with @Meganeuraabout how he works Peace River in Florida and I quite like the idea of taking my kayak and having a day or two sifting etc. So I was wondering if anyone knows of a similar area in the UK? I have had a google(or actually an ecosia!) about it and only came up with sites on the coast that are all cliff erosion sites and a few disused quarries. Fingers crossed
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I got a view year ago some teeth with the ID Rysosteus oweni. Now I have time to ID the tooth I was looking very carefull to the details. But have a problem to ID the. Tooth 1 is 0.9 cm ans Tooth 2 is 0.6 cm. To compare them with Pachystropheus rhaeticus I need to know how a Pachystropheus rhaeticus tooth look like. I read many Aust papers but no pachystropheus rhaeticus tooth. Who can help me with the correct ID? Is it Pachystropheus as sold, or Birgeria? It looks like Birgeria, but I like to compare them with some Pachystropheus fossils, as I dont know how they exaclty look like. I got offered an other Pachystropheus rhaeticus tooth from another seller. But before I buy I need more info about this species.
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Hi everyone, I was walking by the riverbank of the Thames in London during a low tide and on the sand I found this tooth-shaped stone, to be honest it doesn't feel like a stone but more wood as it's very lightweight. It's about 7.5/8 cm long and the texture inside it on the top end makes me think about a bone. I'll leave it to you thanks in advance.
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I recently found this rather good (for the area) and rare goniatite, probably Girtyoceras sp. The innermost half of the living chamber has a mass of small rods which a few knowledgeable friends have suggested are faecal pellets from something that took up residence. It's in an ironstone nodule from a Brigantian (U. Mississippian) shale in Co. Durham, N.E. England. Fairly shallow water, with a diverse fauna of brachiopods, bivalves, bryozoa, small corals, crinoids etc., often broken up. I haven't seen any arthropods apart from small Paladin trilobites which are quite common. At first I thought they were iron mineral alteration structures (e.g. goethite) but I can't see any in other similarly preserved specimens from the same locality and I was quickly persuaded by the pellets idea. I'd be grateful for any suggestions or similar examples. Scale in mm Inside venter Other side - none visible here.
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"Europe's 'largest ever' land dinosaur found on Isle of Wight" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-61743759
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Hi, I wonder if any of you nice people could hazard a guess at what this is, I found it poking out of the mud at Skipsea in the UK the fossil itself is just over 1 inch long. Thanks in advance Darren
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Hi all. Took another trip to our closest site yesterday - a Carboniferous marine deposit on the shores of the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Amongst the usual Bivalves and more familiar shapes (which I may need to ask about on here at some point - as I have only the wildest guess of what they actually are) we found the below. It looks for all the world like a coarsely textured skin of small scales. I'm aware that soft tissue preservation is incredibly rare, so am dubious - but I don't know what else it might be. Anyone able to help? Nb. I haven't done any work on this at all yet - this is exactly as found.
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Hi, this is heavy, solid, crazed nearly all over and about the size of a modern chicken's egg. I wondered if this was an actual fossil egg or would it be that clay - common in Essex, UK, has in-filled an egg through a small hole and solidified. Is there any way to tell, and how do I tell the age please? Thanks, Fluffy 1
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Help for and 8 year old - Are These crinoid and trilobites?
Granny and Aust posted a topic in Fossil ID
My grandson sent me photos of his little haul from today on his beach He is nearly 8 and loves checking his local beach. He has compared what he found with photos in his kid’s books of fossils. He’s wondered if these are trilobites and crinoids all- the last 2 photos are the same find. He has been asked to show some of his fossils in a special exhibition in the Laing Art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne called “These are Our Treasures “ which will coincide with the display of the Lindisfarne Gospels. He feels quite excited by this!
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Hi everyone, hope you are all well. My name is Giacomo, also known as Omono. I am a 26 years old guy from Rome, Italy. I moved to London (UK) to live and work as a graphic designer three years ago. My girlfriend is from Lyme Regis (Jurassic Coast!!) and now and then we go down to the coast to discover some fossils. I am a complete amateur. I have a couple of magazines about fossils, a hammer and goggles. I found quite a few interesting fossils (and stones that might be fossils) and I will create a new ID in a moment and also link it here later on. I think it's time for me to join this Forum and get some advice and opinions on my stones collection Omono
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Hi, I have come across a few different bivalves and my googling hasn't come up with much! I think the heavily prepped one that has no matrix might be Dacryomya Ovum? Not sure though as this is from a single image in google! Also any idea what the little babies in the back of the matrix might be? They all came from the same man who picks and preps Whitby stuff himself so pretty sure that is where they are all from. Thank you and fingers crossed! 1
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Hi all, Another newbie here saying hi. My name's Alex, and I've been fascinated by fossils for years. Finally got myself together to go find some and learn how to clean/prepare and identify them, and fell over this forum looking for resources... happy to be here, and looking forward to having a poke around!
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I have a small collection of fossils I've bought, but mostly wanting to post my own finds here. Below is the first piece I've actually extracted and cleaned, from a marine Carboniferous fossil bed on the shores of the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Quite happy with the result, especially for my first time cleaning and exposing a piece with a dremel... wondering whether there's anything else I can do to clean it up a bit more. Any tips/hints gratefully received! :-) Also wondering what the odds of identifying a fossil like that are beyond 'brachiopod'?
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