DE&i Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I’m making headway through my Bembridge Marls matrix that I bought back from the Isle of Wight and finding lots of fish elements. This piece which is around 2cms in length is quite interesting would anyone have any suggestions to what it may be. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 It certainly took a good polish, whatever it is; could even pass for worn shell material, by the pictures. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Keep your eyes peeled for otoliths if your screening the material to about a mm. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thank you guys for looking Elliot and I are really enjoying ourselves. Here’s a few more pieces each measuring no more than a couple of millimetres. I have perhaps about a hundred or so pieces in this dish with a repetitive shape appearance. These are the largest sieved finds from this Bembridge Marls matrix. Would anyone be able to recognise any of them? Ive also some very fine matrix left with some much smaller black speck material in it which may be teeth. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Continued : Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 That looks like some great material to go through. Hours of fun! Top left on post#4 looks like a fish vertebra, second image in post#5 looks like a dorsal spine from a fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Lots of verts in there. Very nice material. In your last picture at about 2:00 is an oval object that looks to be a Fish otolith. Otoliths are aragonite so unless there is some shell bits in your matrix I may be wrong. What is the age of the Bembridge marls? It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I concur with Squali about the possible otolith. Plenty of ribs and verts in there as well. The less defined chunks are probably from the skulls so you should get teeth when you sort out the smaller stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 That looks like some great material to go through. Hours of fun! Top left on post#4 looks like a fish vertebra, second image in post#5 looks like a dorsal spine from a fish. Thank you so much as I’ve one more last batch to sieve tomorrow I need all the help I can get. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Lots of verts in there. Very nice material. In your last picture at about 2:00 is an oval object that looks to be a Fish otolith. Otoliths are aragonite so unless there is some shell bits in your matrix I may be wrong. What is the age of the Bembridge marls? I’ll be tentatively picking over all the finds once I’ve fully completed all my sieving and I certainly be giving any suspected Otoliths the once over and post them here. Here’s a description of the strata for you: Palaeogene / Eocene / Priabonian 33.7 to 35.5 MYA FORMATIONS: Bouldnor Formation DEPOSITS: Bembridge Marls LOCATION: Hamstead Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 I concur with Squali about the possible otolith. Plenty of ribs and verts in there as well. The less defined chunks are probably from the skulls so you should get teeth when you sort out the smaller stuff Thank you for taking the time to have a look I appreciate that….the finer material may be beyond my capabilities to look through so may have to source some out here on TFF. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Hooray…after copious amounts of water used for sieving I find my first tooth its width is 4 millimetres.. Would it perhaps be from a crocodile or fish? Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Would it perhaps be from a crocodile or fish? Looks like a croc tooth. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Looks like a croc tooth. Very nice. Thank you for looking... I know Cybium sp. (Scombridae) Mackerel Family can be found in this area do you think this could be a possibility with this find. Edited August 31, 2015 by DarrenElliot Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 I've narrowed the tooth down to be from Diplocynodon hantoniensis Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I think you are right. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 That's an interesting near shore matrix. Thanks for posting your finds. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 I’ve just started to pick up from where I left of with this Bembridge marls matrix. Would anyone have a suggestion as to what part of a fish (if from a fish) this may be please. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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