Dollydebs Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Hi, The following finds were all found on Bracklesham beach and have I hope been correctly identified, please let me know if not or how else will I learn I have noted the fossil bed where the designation is known however still trying to obtain a map/diagram of the assigned numbers. * Location: Bracklesham Bay, UK (SSSI designation) * Formation: Earnley * Period: Eocene 1. Scaphopoda (possibly Dentalium Constrictum) Feeding Tube * Bed: E3 - Cardita Bed * Size: 18mm in length 2.Coral Turbinola Phatra * Bed: E3 * Size: 7.5mm in length 3. Flint Urchin * Foreshore edge find * Size: 6cm 4. Goniopora Websteri coral * Bed: unknown designation (if there is one) but found in a rock filled gully during Spring Low Tide * Size: 4cm 5. Lepidotes Mantelli fish scales - this was another one of my 'hunch' finds and lived in my odds and sods tub til I got my magnifying lamp and confirmed it wasn't a man made enamel but Ganoin. * Bed E5 * Size: approx 11mm I will upload separately my Turtle, Sea Snake and Shark tooth finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Fab again. More? John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 That little coral is fantastic. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcordova Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Agree on that coral, its a serious keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Fantastic fossils (especially the corals) !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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