CWS Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Seen in a rock far too big to move or break in Dorset, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrR Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Interesting. You might want to include some information regarding the size of the fossil. Either a millimeter scale, inch scale, scale cube, or even a pencil for size reference will be helpful. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 A bivalve shell pair that is somewhat articulated ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWS Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Hi, thanks for replies, white bit could definitely be shell, theres loads there. it's Dorset coast, west of lyme. Probably 12" total length, I wasn't sure if the brown bits are bone? Edited November 27, 2022 by CWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I don't think that's bone. The whole thing looks more mineralogical than anything else to me. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I think it's wood, which is quite common in the Lower Lias there. Calcite veins typically fill desiccation cracks. 1 1 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWS Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Thanks a lot, glad it wasn't something amazing I had to leave there.. very productive trip along the jurassic this week and not much competition either. Big clean up mission now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Yeap, that is indeed fossil wood, which occurs frequently in the Jurassic marine of the bottom of the UK - Cotswolds to the J. Coast. 1 ~ 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...
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