Fossil hunting on a tray...

[Pterygotus]

Hi everyone ,

Since we’re on lockdown, I’ve been processing the little amount of micro matrix I had and a few interesting things have shown up. I’m mainly on the hunt for teeth but they are rather scarce and most of the matrix is composed of shell fragments. Some of the stuff I’ve been finding is crinoid stars, Bryozoans and fish scales. Most of this stuff is tiny and I actually can't tell what it is until I put it under the microscope. I’d be very grateful if you could ID some of the pieces as well. Here’s some of what I’ve found. I have more pictures but will post tomorrow. 
 

Here’s an interesting little tooth which I didn’t really do the best job of repairing but it was very small .

 

Here’s what I thinks a little fish scale.

 

I’m actually not sure what this is 

 

Here’s the only detailed complete crinoid star I’ve found so far.

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Here is an absolutely tiny fish? tooth. I would say it looks croc but I’m not sure croc could possibly this small. I actually thought it was just a shard of a fish scale until I took a closer look under the microscope.

 

And here are some bryzoans (that’s what I think they’re called).

 

 

Im sorry about my very limited knowledge of these kinds of fossils. More pictures coming . That little tooth above was the second of the only three teeth I’ve found after a month of hunting. The third was so small that I think if it wasn’t originally adhered to the matrix, then it would have fallen through the sieve mesh.

 

[Pterygotus]

The post seems to have duplicated itself .

[Pterygotus]

Oh yes forgot to mention, the matrix is Forest Marble Formation, bathonian, Jurassic, Dorset, U.K. .

[Tidgy's Dad]

Very nice. 

As you know, I'm very fond of hunting through micro-matrix, I find it very therapeutic. 

I have a few brachiopods from this formation. Lovely. 

[Pterygotus]

6 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Very nice. 

As you know, I'm very fond of hunting through micro-matrix, I find it very therapeutic. 

I have a few brachiopods from this formation. Lovely. 

Thanks . There’s a lot of interesting bivalves brachiopods. I’ll try and post a few pictures of some ones I’ve found on the past tomorrow .

[Darktooth]

Good to see members having fun with Micromatrix. Seems everyone is doing it!

[Pterygotus]

Bit late but here are some more finds .

 

Tiny hybodont tooth

 

 

Something with spines 

 

Ammmonite segment. These are quite rare in the area.

More bryzoans

 

 

Few more crinoid pieces

 

 

Enamel?

 

fish scale 

 

Fish scale

 

 

another fish scale

 

 

No clue, teeth? 
 

 

and some bivalves