dotdioscorea Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Hi everyone. Spent a few hours at Llantwit major this afternoon and would like some advice on some finds. Really new to fossil hunting so still not sure when I’m looking at something significant or just another rock. Any opinions would be very appreciated! Thanks first find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotdioscorea Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Second (it’s got crystals in so I suppose that means just a nice concretion?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strepsodus Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Here’s what I think: 1. Belemnite 2. Bone 3. Possibly wood. These IDs are far from certain though, so best to wait for someone with more knowledge than me to confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 My guess for all of them is plant/wood, given the varying degree of black carbonized/coaly look to them. The first one looks to irregular for belemnite. Do you know the age of the rock you're looking in? I'm not familiar with that location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Wrangellian said: My guess for all of them is plant/wood, given the varying degree of black carbonized/coaly look to them. The first one looks to irregular for belemnite. Do you know the age of the rock you're looking in? I'm not familiar with that location. The rocks here are Jurassic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 What other kinds of fossils do you find there? Of course even if there are marine fossils, it's not unusual to find wood that was floated out and buried offshore. I find lots of the same here in my local Cretaceous marine shale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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