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Hi all, I found this specimen from a rotary borehole (window sample) at 5.4mbgl within the upper Whitby Mudstone Formation. I’m leaning towards a shell eating fish, but still unsure from the shape of the rest of the the samples which looks more like a coral? The site location is Dundry, Bristol, England. Reported geology: Whitby Mudstone formation Palaeoenvironment: Shallow marine environment Reported age: 174 -183 million years old Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Regards Reinier
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I collected this ammonite from Browns Hill quarry in Holwell UK. It’s from the Whitby mudstone formation from a mudstone grey finely laminated and fissile (paper shales). I’ve coated the ammonite with a very fine paraloid solution just to stabilize it. Has anyone else collected ammonites such as these as I can’t find any references to them. Reverse side
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This species gives its name to the zone and subzone at the bottom of the lower Toarcian. This very fine-ribbed specimen of the genus Dactylioceras is for me a fine representative for the legend of St. Hilda, the Abbess at the monastery in Whitby ca. 650 A.D. She wanted to build a convent there as well, but the grounds were infested with snakes, so she prayed so intensively that all of the snakes were turned into stone. Since then they are known as snakestones. I found this sample pretty well as is with a head that reminds us of a snake. Literature: Howarth, M.K. (1973): The Stratigraphy and Ammonite Fauna of the Upper Liassic Grey Shales of the Yorkshire Coast. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. Vol.24 No.4
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