PeteG Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Hi Apologies if I'm going about this in the wrong way. We found this today at Ogmore beach in the Vale of Glamorgan (UK) which is part of the Jurassic coast. We've been able to identify most of what we found, but this one has stumped us. Any help appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I think its bird poop. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Just kidding I have no idea! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteG Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Ha! that's what we thought at first, but I can confirm that no amount of spit and polish will move it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Way to make an entrance...welcome to the forum! Bird poop was my first thought too!. Not my area, but weren't there spines on some ammonites? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 11 minutes ago, GeschWhat said: Way to make an entrance...welcome to the forum! Bird poop was my first thought too!. Not my area, but weren't there spines on some ammonites? Isn't poop, your first thought on everything? 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Just now, Darktooth said: Isn't poop, your first thought on everything? Oh so true! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Hi, It's Michelinia sp., a Lower Carboniferous tabulate coral - there's Carboniferous as well as Jurassic at Ogmore. I think that if you wet or polish it you'll see some internal detail (curved plates - the tabulae) inside the individual corallites, as in my second photo. This is also from Ogmore. The preservation is different from yours as it's showing the external corallite calices full of dark sediment. Yours is an internal section filled with calcite. Internal detail of one from another locality: 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteG Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 That's brilliant Thanks TqB, much appreciated. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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