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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, 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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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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I’m really new to fossil identification but my nearly eight year old grandson’s recent passion has sparked my interest and we have been going through some of my beach stone pick ups I’ve always picked up interesting looking (or interesting feeling)stones and what I thought were shells- turns out I have quite a few fossils. The flint photos below were found on Whitstable Beach in Kent England. I joked and called them witches fingers but now I’m wondering… are there crinoids on the surface or just marks. The second stone I can remember one of the grandkids giving to me as it looked like a bird it is probably from Whitley Bay or Roker beaches in Tyne & Wear England I wondered again about a fossil either sponge or coral. From what I’ve read I’m assuming the 3rd stone is a sponge? Again just picked up and pocketed as it felt nice and looked different. These are just a few of my finds, it’s amazing what you can find when you are not looking. thank you for any help you can provide.
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I'm opening this new thread as in my "Fossil collection Part 1" came out from one of the pictures that I might have found and old broken clay pipe (found in a rock pool during a low tide) Is there anyone that can help me understand if this is effectively a pipe and how old this object could be? Thank you! Attached images:
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Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum >> My welcome This is my "fossils collection", some may be just stones some definitely fossils. I collected these during a low tide in the rock pools on Margate sands beach (Kent, England). I picked these up with my hands, no hammering or digging. Over time they presented a white patina on them, maybe calcium? I didn't clean them as it might help to recognize them (maybe a chemical reaction? not an expert so I preferred not to alter them) This is just part 1 of my collection, I will upload more in days to come. The photos are front and back of the fossils. I'd like to know more about what they are; teeth, Belemnites and more? I'll upload here the compressed pictures, for you to identify them, if possible. I'd like to learn how to clean them but I think it requires lots of experience and expensive materials... If you need any pic brighter and crispier, just let me know and I can upload it separately, I'm a Photoshop wizard Omono 1. Tooth? Front 2. Tooth? Back 3. Big belemnite? Looks like a little shark head - FRONT 4. Big belemnite? Looks like a little shark head - BACK 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. Bone? 11. 12. Tooth? n.2 13. Tooth n.2 Detail 14. Tooth n.2 BACK 15. 16. 17. 18. Big belemnite? Looks like a little shark head - DETAIL
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Hi all, I have found these peculiar looking rocks.. please can someone help? Could they be fossils? They are quite curious looking things. Found in the UK, East coast on a stoney beach called Covehithe. The brownish one, could be a mouth plate (after lots of googling!) or maybe a seed pod (or even poo!). Or not any of these things?! And the other one (greyish).. no idea, guess it could just be an odd looking rock!! Many thanks for letting me join this exciting forum! Lucy
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Please help to identify this heart shaped bone found on my local beach today
Dorset_Belle posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found this bone? on a beach walk this afternoon after a stormy couple of days weather. I'm not sure if it's a fossil but was wondered whether it could be a rostral node? Found on Branksome Chine Beach, Poole UK. Thanks in advance.
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My son and I get a lot of clams from castleton, UK but I’ve never seen anything quite like this… any ID would be fantastic. thanks
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Hi everyone, I am a science teacher, and one of my bright young students Joshua is very interested in finding fossils. Last week he found this fossilised bone in Halstock, Dorset. We have no idea what it is and would like your help! The bone was at the side of a stream, where he has found lots of shell fossils previously. It looks like some sort of femur, and is hollow. It has a small hole just above the inside of the joint. We have attached some photographs, and can take more as required. Any help you can give us would be brilliant! Thanks, Luke and Joshua
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Long time no see guys! Thought I’d come back with a bang. A few months back I headed out, just after recovering from covid, so of course, not back at 100%, but well enough to get some exercise. Of course, the first thing I stumble on, is a rather large nodule. Now, these nodules don’t normally contain anything, and are usually filled with a calcite core, but always fun to hit regardless. After one tap with the hammer, it revealed a cross section of a rather large ammonite known as Harpoceras (falciferum). Not a super rare Ammonite by any means, but definitely uncommon. I lost my head. The thing weighed A LOT. So it was bagged up, and on I had to walk for almost two miles. A rough walk back to say the least. Had to weigh the bag when I got home. The block alone weighed over 5 stone (33kgs). That excludes hammers and chisels etc, thanks @LiamL for carrying the rest of my fossils for me haha. Time to prep. There was a lot of matrix to remove, so some cuts were made with the angle grinder to shorten the time of prep down . Then pen down. Until I finally reveal the first large ammonite seems I knew where it was sat. After a few more angle grinder cuts to the other half of the nodule, I actually found a 2nd large Harpoceras. Missing it by about 2mm. VERY LUCKY. Also very happy of course. Though now prep time was increased more so, plus it was sat at the most awkward angle possible, but we persevere. Easily my most challenging prep to date. I have also been filming the prep, every last step of the way to document it. I took a few weeks off recently to concentrate on some customer prep, and to give my hands rest from the thing. So here’s where it sits currently. Both ammonites are fully exposed. The second needs the middle finishing, though saving the for last as it’s incredibly sticky and that awkward angle makes it all the more difficult. I’ll be sure to update in the comments once it’s finished. So yeah, hope you all enjoyed that long winded post. It’s certainly a labour of love, and I hope I don’t find another one again soon (liar). Dan
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Upper Carboniferous (Duckmantian) Fish/shark tooth from coal measures. N. Wales.
Skatetom posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi people! I'm a PhD student studying a Duckmantian fossil forest in North Wales. I have found these phosphatic fish/shark? teeth and scales I need an ID on. I suspect they are Adamantina Foliacea (Cuny and Stemmerik 2018) but that is a marine shark and this sequence is almost certainly completely freshwater and thought to be an upland swamp. I'm currently doing isotope work on the nodules and plant fossils and that appears to be confirming this is a completely freshwater system. Anyone have any ideas? You'll have to click on the images again once you've opened them to zoom in! Sorry for the poor quality! Thanks, Tom
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Hi, everyone. Whilst scouring loose stones on Lyme beach this took my interest yesterday (20/04/22) aside from bits of ammonites, etc. I thought it resembled a tooth, so kept it as it seemed a bit too perfect to be random rock. Am I completely wrong and is it worth digging deeper into it? Many thanks for any advice offered.
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another ID for you guys to help me with! thanks to everyone who helped on my last post, here is another. now u have no clue what this is….? guessing a negative of a fossil or trace fossil due to only being impressions. this was found in port mulgrave on the yorkshire coast if this helps
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