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Hi, I hope this is ok to post! Whilst out on a walk we came across the attached fossil. Whilst I appreciate it doesn't seem much, its quite distinct and any help to identify it - and help educate the small hands which has been carefully cleaning it - would be very much appreciated. I might have some explaining to do that it isn't a t-rex :) We are located in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. If anybody has good references for teaching kids (6 year old and 3 year old) about fossils it would be great to have them.

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Welcome to the Forum. :) 

This is a crinoid stem(columnals).

 

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Link to teaching resources:) 

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Welcome! I am in the UK too! It's a shame we can't visit museums because of Covid, the Natural History Museum in Oxford has always been my favourite, since I lived nearby, and visited often, as a kid! So obviously, I'm going to send a link from Oxford Uni! 

 

I'm unsure how little your little ones are, but some of these games and activities might be enjoyable to do with them! You could even pop a little more 'heavy' (sounding a bit like Marty now!) information while playing, for example, if an Ammonite crops up, you could say that these are quite common in the UK, and show them a picture of some nice pyritised specimen, or even a reconstruction!

 

Enjoy! :D

 

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Oh, also, definitely a columnal, forgot to say!

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The thing that looks like a bolt that will never see a nut started on it, is a cast, (internal mold), of it's lumen. The cavity it circulated sea water in. It functioned in a way similar to our circulatory system.

You can disregard any videos you may come across of them being claimed as mysterious ancient machinery.  :)

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