brian alabaster Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hi all Very new to this but we found this in Suffolk England in a shallow valley under 1.5 meters of sand and flint in the top 200mm of a deep layer of grey clay with some chalk and flint in it. on its own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I think this is older than Mammoths would be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Looks more like a plesiosaur to me. 7 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Is your ruler in inches, cm or mm? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I would agree with Tidgy's Dad: Plesiosaur vertebra. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian alabaster Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hi it is in inches, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Looking at my book it resembles a shark or whale vertebra or centrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 thinking of the geology of suffolk and the dirt on it which reminds me of the red crag which is pliocene, it is maybe a whale vert, hiwever, if it came from the chalk, it could be plesiosaur but i find whale more likely nice find btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I am in the plesiosaur camp and pretty nice find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Seeing the foramina (nutrient holes) in the fourth photo down I am in the plesiosaur camp. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Plesiosaur vert, rare stuff My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Yes, I agree with plesiosaur Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 This is your first fossil? Wow...what a way to get started. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Marine reptiles are not animals you would expect to find as fossils in Suffolk as the local rocks are not the right age. Perhaps it could have come from glacial clays found in the county which were deposited by large ice sheets from northern and western Britain. Here's an example of one of my plesiosaur vertebra found in similar deposits from East Anglia. 2 Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian alabaster Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Thanks everyone for the help, we were very lucky with our first find especially as my son saw it from the seat of a 24 ton excavator! Still looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 2 hours ago, brian alabaster said: my son saw it from the seat of a 24 ton excavator! Lucky there wasn't a bean counter objecting to the dollars/hour being lost while he climbed out to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 " Suffolk England in a shallow valley under 1.5 meters of sand and flint in the top 200mm of a deep layer of grey clay with some chalk and flint in it." This description points towards the cretaceous sediments known in the Suffolk area. However, the Paleogene sediments can be quite similar in appearance, so that it depends on exact location and depth of the find, to make a sure ID: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/8793769.pdf https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großbritannien_(Insel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian alabaster Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 very interesting but it will take some digesting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWhite Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Great find for Suffolk! Very very impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian alabaster Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 thanks, we keep looking but nothing so interesting yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWhite Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 If you don’t mind me asking Brian, roughly where in Suffolk did you find this? I live in Framlingham so very interesting for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I am having a hard time seeing the foamen in the fourth photo. Maybe there is one above the 3 on the ruler? But plesiosaur was my first guess as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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