LynnB Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Welcome to the forum. Looks more geologic than coprolite. Wrong shape and they usually have some spiral shape. Do you see any bones or residue in the specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Welcome to the forum! Where was this found? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnB Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Hi this was found on the beach at Sandsend Yorkshire. There doesn't seem to be bones or residue in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I've seen pieces like that on the Yorkshire coast and I think it's a piece of Carboniferous Coal Measures sandstone with carbonised plant debris, taken there as a glacial erratic. 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Since Tarquin is familiar with the area, he is most likely correct. Personally, I haven't seen any coprolites from Yorkshire. I do have quite a few in my collection from the Dorset area. Tarquin please correct me if I'm wrong...from what I have read online the formations are the same (Lias?). That said, I am just curious if the color in your photos reflect the actual color of your rock. The coprolites I've seen from the the Lower Lias are generally more tan to almost black in color. Would you mind taking a close up photo of the surface? I am curious to see the inclusions, even if they are plant material. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnB Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 hope these are ok and help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nice photos. To elaborate a bit, it looks like a pencil ganister with fine root traces. From Wikipedia: "Where a ganister underlies coal as a seatearth, it typically is penetrated by numerous root traces. These root traces typically consist of carbonaceous material. Ganisters that contain an abundance of fossil roots, which appear as fine carbonaceous, pencil-like streaks or markings, are called “pencil ganisters”." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganister 3 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnB Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 thank you, it's good to know what it probably is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Great photos! Thank you! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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