JDHarris Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) Hi everyone! Had a few finds today but I'm very new to fossil finding and identification, wondering if anyone could help me with these and start my knowledge? Edited June 5, 2017 by JDHarris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miocene_Mason Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Last ones worm tubes, first ones bivalve, second coral, third a long crinoid. Nice finds! Btw the fourth one I think is coral. It I'm not 100% by any means. 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarris Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Thank you very much! Really useful, cheers. I also took a picture of one like the 4th photo except it was a lot bigger and I couldn't move the rock. Looks almost wing like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Always a pleasure to be able to help. now looking at this it may be a good crinoid with preserved calyx (head). I'm not that great at this but im sure some experts will voice there opinions. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 1 - bivalve internal mold 2 - polychaete borings, possibly Caulostrepsis ichnogenus (probably produced by the tracemaker Polydora ciliata) link 3 - meandering sponge (not meandering coral), similar to Plocoscyphia link 4 - ichnofossils (burrows) 5 - worm tubes 6 - ichnofossil (burrows), possible Thalassionides link 2 " 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...
ynot Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 4th and last one are trace fossils (burrows). The last one also has some shell pieces in it. Second one looks like boring worm holes in limestone. Agree with whodamanhd on the others. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 for #3 - It's very tricky, but it looks more like a sponge embedded in matrix, rather than crinoid columnals. Try to compare the patterns: link 1 " 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...
JDHarris Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Oh wow! Yeah it does look like a sponge now you mention it. That other one is stunning, how did the guy whittle away the rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Abyssunder has Me convinced on 3. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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