Al Bone Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Hello, I found this today on the North Norfolk coast, England (Trimingham). I don’t have daylight photos but do have this video. Happy to post photos tomorrow if the video is not good enough! IMG_1351.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Welcome to the Forum. The video format used is not supported by the Forum's software. You will have to post some pictures directly to the Forum when you get a chance. Thank you. 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...
TyrannosaurusRex Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 The video was difficult to get to play, but I took a few photos from it for others to see in case they’re unable to view the video since like Fossildude stated, the forum software doesn’t really like videos I can’t help with the ID, it is very waterworn and identification may be pretty difficult. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bone Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Thank you for helping. Got it on the video front! Bloomin newbies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I'm not familiar with the geological context. Any idea of the age and whether we're talking about terrestrial or marine deposits? 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bone Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Trimingham has both Pleistocene sediments and a rich assembly of invertebrate fossils dating to the late cretaceous. I found this which may help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Interesting! That's now the second time I've heard of this part of Norfolk this weekend, never really having heard anything about it before - the first, by the way, being the incredible report of a mosasaur tooth having recently been discovered around West Runton...! Sounds like a very interesting geological area From your own statement, however, it seems more likely that vertebrate material at your site would be of Pleistocene age, which would put it in the realm of mammals - and, unfortunately, outside of my realm of expertise (which lies with marine reptiles)... But, then again, this fact is also evident from the morphology of the bone itself, which seems to point to some kind of leg bone, maybe rib, rather than marine reptile bone. Someone with broad knowledge of animal and mammal anatomy like @Mahnmut might be able to help you further... 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Hi Al Bone and thanks Alexander, but I fear I have to disappoint. Coming from the anatomical direction I need morphology, which is mostly eroded away on your find. From the pictures alone I am not even completely sure it is bone and not some metamorphic rock, though it may well be bone. Someone familiar with the fossils of your region may recognize the texture and guess at an age or clade of animal, but I think Chunkosaurus, or rather Lumpotherium it is to me. Best Regards, J 2 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 Bone Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Thank you all. I’ve had a suggestion elsewhere of elephant or rhino now from a local forum. Parts of both these mammals come up along the coast here. Exciting trying to work it out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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