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Amonite or concretion


Kevin Shales

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Hi, is this an amonite or part of a concretion sphere? I’m not sure where it was found. Many thanks 

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This is an irregular echinoid, possibly something like Clypeus ploti from Gloucestershire. I have one very much like it. 

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Come to think of it It was found in Gloucestershire when I lived in Cirencester! Do you have any more information please? Cheers Kevin 

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Well, mine came from the Gilbert's Grave road cut, which was near Cheltenham if I recall. 

It's Upper Inferior Oolite, Parkinsoni Zone, the Cypeus Grit, but these are old names that may have changed.  

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Brilliant you’re obviously well up on the subject ... it’s all very new to me. Thank you for the information. Cheers Kevin 

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I had a book called "Finding Fossils" that listed the location. My mother drove me there as part of my seventeenth birthday present, nearly forty years ago. I found bits and pieces of a dozen or so Clypeus ploti and one or two complete ones.:)

Mum sat in the car and ate all the fruit jellies that were also part of my birthday present. 

I mean every one of 'em. Angry.gif.078e8ed0ea299a55d538d5429ee8ea29.gif

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