Kevin Shales Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Hi, is this an amonite or part of a concretion sphere? I’m not sure where it was found. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 This is an irregular echinoid, possibly something like Clypeus ploti from Gloucestershire. I have one very much like it. 3 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Shales Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Come to think of it It was found in Gloucestershire when I lived in Cirencester! Do you have any more information please? Cheers Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 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. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Shales Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Brilliant you’re obviously well up on the subject ... it’s all very new to me. Thank you for the information. Cheers Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 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. Edited May 31, 2021 by Tidgy's Dad 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Shales Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 That was probably fair enough lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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