Chrisfsw Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Found this a little while back at Aust, any ideas ?? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 any information on where it was found could be helpful. Location and age would be particularly useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisfsw Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 It was found at Aust, Severn estuary, which has a Rhaetic bone bed , Triassic ! Not sure if it is out of the bone bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Looks like some sort of colonial organism, what type I couldn't tell you. I think those who know more than myself may chime in. I do know cotham marble which is a primarily stromatolite-based is in rocks of similar age in England. I don't know where Severn estuary is, so I'm not sure how far it is away from Devon, but the rocks are of similar age at least. “...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...
JohnBrewer Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Welcome to the forum! It's a small piece of bone I think. It's very similar to what I find there. It's Triassic in age. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Another vote for bone. Not sure if it would be possible to narrow it down? I collect mainly in tertiary marine deposits and different animals have characteristic bone types e.g penguin vs cetacean. So it might be possible to say marine reptile for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisfsw Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Thanks all ! Just looked very different to other bone fragments I found at same location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisfsw Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Also found this coporlite at this location, about 2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 11 hours ago, Chrisfsw said: Also found this coporlite at this location, about 2" I've been digging these out of Aust bone bed all day today for the local school. That's a great example, they're almost always broken and are difficult to extract in one piece from there. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Chris Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 A good bone test we use here in Arizona is the "Lick and stick" test. Lick you finger, touch the fossil. if it sticks then its bone. If not its rock or chert. Your tongue works too.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona Chris Paleo Web Site: http://schursastrophotography.com/fossiladventures.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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