Jk visitor Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) Around 40 years ago my dad dug up this fossil, he worked in construction so it was likely not in the original location but perhaps in an old garden or waste pit. As a child I broke off the large grub, sorry! I was trying to get a closer look. Just wondered where this might have originated, what the insects were and what type of stone now inhabits their bodies, is it quartz? Found in England (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire area) Edited March 7, 2021 by Jk visitor Adding photosA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Hello and welcome to the forum, Jk Visitor! That looks like an interesting fossil. In order to tell more about the grubs it would be important to have sharp closeup photos, especially of the ones still in the wood. (the parts that stick out I mean.) Best regards, J 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 It does look like burrowed wood. The shape and size is more consistent with Pholad clam burrows than grub burrows. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Very cool piece! Not sure those are actually grubs you have there. I agree with @Mahnmut. Close and clear photos would be needed to attempt any sort of ID on them. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilis Willis Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I think @Al Dente is on to something. Try an internet search for "teredo wood". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Very interesting piece! We'd 100% need to see better photos, I think Al Dente is on the right tracks, too. Driftwood? ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 These look like the critters (pholad bivalves)to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Could be Teredolites. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Just for comparison, this is driftwood with burrows in it, you can barely make out the tiny clams and what's left of them in dark holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Forgot the pics duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jk visitor Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Thanks guys, I've googled the boring clams and can see similar markings on the creature so I think that ID is spot on. And closer inspection of one hole reveals the cracked remains of a bivalve shell, will attempt to add photo. This has given the fossil a whole new perspective to me, it's so interesting so thanks for replying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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