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So, I thought I would start a similar thread to the "Fossil from Each of the 50 States" thread. But one for the UK. Show a fossil from each county in the UK - England,(48), Wales (22), Scotland (33) & Ireland. And for Ireland, we can include Northern (6) and Southern (26).
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Hello all, Today I found many trilobites from a locality called Gilwern quarry in Wales They are from the Ordovician period. Here are 2 of my best finds. I would love to get an ID on them! The complete one (~2cm) I don’t know what it could be , the second one (just the head) ~1cm is probably Trinucleid? Kind regards Thomas
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Ordovician opabiniid-like animal from Welsh Sheep Field (United Kingdom)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Scientists Just Uncovered Fossils Of An Unknown Prehistoric Creature In A Welsh Sheep Field By Kaleena Fraga. Alls that Interesting, November 23, 2022 Fossils found in Powys sheep field by researchers BBC News, November 16, 2022 Welsh 'weird wonder' fossils add piece to puzzle of arthropod evolution ScienceDaily, November 15, 2022 The open access paper is Stephen Pates, Joseph P. Botting, Lucy A. Muir, Joanna M. Wolfe. Ordovician opabiniid-like animals and the role of the proboscis in euarthropod head evolution- 5 replies
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Just wondering if anyone can identify if these are just stones or possibly have fossils in them? Found at Llanddwyn beach, Angelsey in North Wales yesterday. Thanks! Rock 1 - darker rock with jagged-edged lighter parts Rock 2 - Sandstone rock with light coloured lines in
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Found on Llanddwyn beach in North Wales, is it colonial coral? Would it look even cooler if I cracked it open or would it ruin it? There is what appears to be sand in the rock, but I’d like to also know what kind of rock the black part is. Thanks for any help! Desperate to know! IMG_5385.MOV
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Hi to all, first time poster here. I have recently returned from Anglesey with a handful of finds in tow and would like some ID if possible. This is a find of 2 fossils on the same rock, I was thinking some sort of coral....
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The thread http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/84678-adams-silurian/ was getting rather enormous, so I have decided to leave that one to deal with the Llandovery and Wenlock and put my specimens from the Late / Upper Silurian here, though I don't have a great deal of material from the Ludlow and Pridoli yet. However, I do still have some jolly nice specimens to show off here. Here are my other collection threads for the Cambrian and Ordovician ; http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/78887-adams-cambrian/&tab=comments#comment-832018 and : http://www.
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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- 6 replies
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From the album: Robs Fossil Collection
Trinucleus fimbriatus (Murchison) Trilobite Ordovician period, Llandeilo series, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales. -
Found today at Wiseman's Bridge beach in Pembrokeshire.
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Here is the description of a new welsh theropod Pendraig milnerae. Found in the 1950s in the same fissures as pantydraco, the “new discovery” is a type of coelophysidae and it had laid undiscovered in the drawers of The Natural History Museum in London. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210915 We are on a roll with Welsh dinosaurs: Megalosaurus (Zanclodon) cambriensis Pantydraco cauducus Dracoraptor hanigani Pendraig milnerae And not forgetting the Triassic mammal Morganucodon watsoni
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Hi I don’t normally collect trilobites but we spent a few days in mid wales drinking coffee and reading books. We also got a chance to look for trilobites. Here is a partial on a block and whilst having a dig around, I found another one which I’m prepping out.
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Spotted this in a small bay on Anglesey, Wales. There were lots of other small shellfish type fossils mostly in slate rocks, but this one was larger and seems to have vertebrae? Could anyone offer any insight into what this is please? Many thanks.
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Hi all, I collected this piece of rock from Saundersfoot beach last week. Because it was loose on the beach, I don't have much indication of formation or age, but I'm aware that the majority of rocks in that area are Carboniferous, and I'm also aware that Carboniferous chert does exist in the Pembrokeshire region. I'm not sure where it could have came from otherwise. The fossil in question is a scoop-shaped, hemispherical mold in chert which features two discontinuous troughs running down its centre. Upon closer inspection, the surface of the mold furthest f
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55863928
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I bought this Trilobite in a collection, all of which were supposedly collected from Guilsfield, Wales. Specimen measures 41x26x4.6MM approx. I don't have too much experience with Trilobites and to me this kind of looks like some of the specimens of Elrathia Kingii I have from Utah. However, I do not believe Elrathia is found in Wales. The closest possible match I can find is Ogyginus corndensis or Ogygiocarella debuchii. I would appreciate any input on this. Thank you, John
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Hey everyone, I recently acquired this ichthyosaur vertebra that was originally collected in Penarth, south Wales, UK. What initially struck me was the vertebra's size, since it's by far the biggest one I have of any ichthyosaur: Now, other large ichthyosaur remains have been described from the very same location. The paper is freely available here: https://bioone.org/journals/acta-palaeontologica-polonica/volume-60/issue-4/app.00062.2014/A-Mysterious-Giant-Ichthyosaur-from-the-Lowermost-Jurassic-of-Wales/10.4202/app.00062.2014.full The cliffs at Penarth apparently conta
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I found two ichthyosaur ribs and a fern leaf on my local beach, yesterday. Unfortunately for me, they were in a massive slab which probably weighed no less than 25-30kg. At first I tried using my chisel and hammer to try and split up the rock into more manageable chunks but that didn't seem to work. Moreover, the bits of rock were flaking dangerously close to the fossils. I then tried rolling the rock, and this worked for a while until it rolled into a pit where it got stuck. With the tide coming in, I was forced to leave the slab. Now this got me thinking: How do people go about getting big a
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Anyone able to help me classify this bivalve. I interpret it as some sort of Infaunal bivalve but could be totally wrong. The specimen was collected at Rhoose point on the Jurassic Heritage Coast Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales from the Blue Lias formation.
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Hi, this fossil i believe was found on Mt. Snowden in Wales, it may be a long shot to identify since its not very unique looking, but worth a shot Definitely some kind of vertebrae, there is another on the other side of the stone that I will attach in the replies, however that one seems to be a deep indent rather than sticking out like the big one, so if anyone could shed some light on that i would be grateful. Thanks!
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Lit: De La Beche & Conybeare (1821), Conybeare (1822), Owen (1840, 1851, 1881, 1849-84), McGowan & Motani (2003)
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Lit: De La Beche & Conybeare (1821), Conybeare (1822), Owen (1840, 1851, 1881, 1849-84), McGowan & Motani (2003)
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Best Places to Find Fossils on West Coast of England/Wales
its.just.alec posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I am leaving shortly to spend just over a week in England, more specifically in the Liverpool area, and will be taking a day trip along the coast of Wales to Rhyl as well. I've done some basic research and found that Liverpool sits right on top of Triassic bedrock, and Rhyl on top of Permian bedrock. Are there any sites that would be within my realm to visit and collect at? If so, are there any rules and regulations that I, an amateur from outside the country, need to know about before I go? If there are none, are there any noteworthy shops that I may be able to visit where I -
Lit: De La Beche & Conybeare (1821), Conybeare (1822), Owen (1840, 1851, 1881, 1849-84).
