bexmoon Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hi, just looking to find out what I found today. The biggest I've found at Seaton Sluice beach in coniferous area, Northumberland in UK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 i dont have a clue, but it is very neat. I an thinking that it may not be marine, but something that washed in. I'm sorry but what time period is it from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Have you found several specimens like this? Curious to see one broken open if you did have one to spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 4 hours ago, 10313horn said: i dont have a clue, but it is very neat. I an thinking that it may not be marine, but something that washed in. I'm sorry but what time period is it from. I'm not sure of the time period, copied this from a useful site if it helps... The Carboniferous Coal Measures at Seaton Sluice are from the Silesian (Upper Carboniferous) of Westphalian age, (Asturian Substage). They form part of the Halesowen Formation of the Warwickshire Group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 4 hours ago, dhiggi said: Have you found several specimens like this? Curious to see one broken open if you did have one to spare Just found the one. I daren't break this one open in case I ruin it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, bexmoon said: Just found the one. I daren't break this one open in case I ruin it! No, definitely don’t do that! It’s a very interesting piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, dhiggi said: No, definitely don’t do that! It’s a very interesting piece I love it! Just wish I knew what it was! Fern perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 16 minutes ago, bexmoon said: I love it! Just wish I knew what it was! Fern perhaps? I’m merely a keen amateur, but I don’t recall ever seeing plant fossils from the area that aren’t darker than the rock. It doesn’t look like it can easily be dismissed as some kind of septarian nodule though. Any thoughts @TqB ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 there are alot of people that know a great deal about paleobotany and I am not one of them but it reminds me of the leaf impression of lepiodendron particularly if roughly handled before it fossililized. enclosed is a google search picture which shows a lot more leaves on a branch but the individual leaves a similar shape to yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, 10313horn said: there are alot of people that know a great deal about paleobotany and I am not one of them but it reminds me of the leaf impression of lepiodendron particularly if roughly handled before it fossililized. enclosed is a google search picture which shows a lot more leaves on a branch but the individual leaves a similar shape to yours Thanks, yes some of the leaves look similar. I'm thinking might not be a real fossil now, maybe a pseudo fossil? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Many leaves fossilize as films, they are very thin and very fragile; the classic being the st clair fern fossils. yours is clearly not a fern, but I would not dismiss it as a pseudo fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) I'm looking at the way the markings are apparently only on the surface of a water worn rock and curve around the edge of it. It's interesting but I suspect it may be where something modern has been wrapped around it - I haven't seen any fossil plant material from around there that looks like that. Edited August 25, 2020 by TqB 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 hours ago, TqB said: I'm looking at the way the markings are apparently only on the surface of a water worn rock and curve around the edge of it. It's interesting but I suspect it may be where something modern has been wrapped around it - I haven't seen any fossil plant material from around there that looks like that. Yes, that's what got me thinking it might not be a fossil as it's on the curved edge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 It may just be a pretty rock for your garden but i would take it to a museum or to your local fossil club and see what they think looking at it and not just photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I'd like to see a close-up of the round thing that's sticking out of it. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said: I'd like to see a close-up of the round thing that's sticking out of it. Isn’t that a live limpet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Modern root etching? 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, dhiggi said: Isn’t that a live limpet? Yes, I see it now. Thanks. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Modern root etching? Or something marine? 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Wondering if you could take a picture from the side with good light on the below area: Sideways facing the crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 9:31 PM, Planko said: Wondering if you could take a picture from the side with good light on the below area: Sideways facing the crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 9:31 PM, Planko said: Wondering if you could take a picture from the side with good light on the below area: Sideways facing the crack. Here's a few more, showing different angles. Thanks for replying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Thank you for the pics. I will keep searching but my idea was not confirmed with the pics. Interesting how the structure wraps with the curve and even bends with the crack. I also thought they might be etch but there is some depth to them. Although not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Thanks Planko! My search has not come up with anything definite. Do let me know if you come up with anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexmoon Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Hi everyone. I had a guy from the Natural History Society at a local museum have a look and they think it's a fossil of the roots of a Lepidodendron. Apparently these are not too uncommon in the North East. Thanks for everyone having a look! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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