Chris finner Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Found at runswick bay.. very small but doesn’t look like an ammonite to me… but I know nothing !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alp Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) Hey Chris, I am sorry for not having an answer about the topic. I am just curious of one thing. I have a very similar looking rock that i believe contains a fossil inside. I would like to know how you opened the rock that way. Could you enlighten me? Thanks in advance. And i hope i am not breaking any forum rules asking it from here. Edited August 3, 2022 by Alp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 @LiamL @DanJeavs Cropped and contrasted: 1 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...
debivort Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I suspect it is an ammonite. I believe Amaltheus and Eleganticeras sp can be pretty smooth like your specimen. I don't have a depth of knowledge here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I'm not seeing a nautilus here, but rather an ammonite. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringing Fossils to Life Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 +1 for Ammonite - All nautilids I've seen have involute coiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris finner Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 6:34 PM, Alp said: Hey Chris, I am sorry for not having an answer about the topic. I am just curious of one thing. I have a very similar looking rock that i believe contains a fossil inside. I would like to know how you opened the rock that way. Could you enlighten me? Thanks in advance. And i hope i am not breaking any forum rules asking it from here. I’m no expert but I’ve been told to bring the hammer down onto the rock but hit it with the lower corner of the hammer… not the flat face… so you are using it almost as a chisel… if you use the flat face you are likely to crush rather than split.. as I say though I am no expert and I don’t think there’s any way to control exactly how it will spit hope that help a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hello! It is indeed an ammonite, as others have confirmed. Yours is specifically Eleganticerous elegantulum, a typical smooth shelled ammonite of Yorkshire localities. The warped nature of the spiral is due to morphic pressures over time which squish the rock, this one is such to a point where it is crushed, but not broken. This is because geologic time is... very long. In that time, rock can do all sorts of weird things - like act as a liquid! 2 ~ 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...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Though it could also be Amaltheus sp., due to the pattern (or lack of!) on the siphuncle, I am siding with E. elegantulum - though a picture of the keel would be more than helpful in confirming (or denying) this identification. 2 ~ 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...
Chris finner Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, IsaacTheFossilMan said: Hello! It is indeed an ammonite, as others have confirmed. Yours is specifically Eleganticerous elegantulum, a typical smooth shelled ammonite of Yorkshire localities. The warped nature of the spiral is due to morphic pressures over time which squish the rock, this one is such to a point where it is crushed, but not broken. This is because geologic time is... very long. In that time, rock can do all sorts of weird things - like act as a liquid! Thank you for a very comprehensive answer.. it was the smooth shel that was making me wonder.. thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, Chris finner said: Thank you for a very comprehensive answer.. it was the smooth shel that was making me wonder.. thanks again No problems! Poorer preserved ammonites often have smoother shells than diagnostically typical. ~ 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...
LiamL Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I think it's an Eleganticeras, nice find. 2 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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