Any ideas?

[Huw Williams]

Hi all, total fossil numbskull here. I found this on my local beach here on Anglesey , Wales, UK this morning and thought it looked like fossil worms of some sort. Your thoughts would be most welcome! Thanks Huw

[Fossildude19]

Welcome to the Forum. 

 

This looks like some sort of coral, maybe something like Siphonodendron.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, and Early Carboniferous in age from what we used to call The Mountain Limestone.. 

[Huw Williams]

26 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Welcome to the Forum. 

 

This looks like some sort of coral, maybe something like Siphonodendron.

Thanks for the welcome and response! Thats interesting, when you say coral, do you mean the marine invertebrate or the calcium ‘shell’ they create? 

[Huw Williams]

49 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yes, and Early Carboniferous in age from what we used to call The Mountain Limestone.. 

thanks for this, forgive my ignorance but how long ago is the early carboniferous?(in welsh years!)

[Tidgy's Dad]

The animal is not preserved, just the calcitic 'skeletons' that they formed. 

Here's one in French! 

 

In Welsh years about Tri chant pum deg naw i dri chant tri deg un miliwn o flynydd yn ôl. 

[Huw Williams]

HAHA! - i had to use google translate for that! Wow impressively old and very helpful info, definitely looks like the one- I'm assuming this is the calcium carbonate structures then rather than the beast itself- thanks

[Huw Williams]

"The animal is not preserved, just the calcitic 'skeletons' that they formed" 

 

Sorry! missed this bit! cheers!

 

 

[Mark Kmiecik]

2 hours ago, Huw Williams said:

I'm assuming this is the calcium carbonate structures then rather than the beast itself

 

Correct! The beast itself rotted long before fossilization occurred.

[Huw Williams]

Thanks so much, I pick up a stone and there's another world out there!