SOS Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I found this yesterday at runswick bay in Yorkshire. It's very hard. Could anyone tell me what type of creature this is, or is it just a funny shaped pebble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Oyster shell. 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...
SOS Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 16 minutes ago, ynot said: Oyster shell. Is it fossilised or modern? Feels like rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 My guess is fossil. 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...
FossilDAWG Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 This is a fossil of a gryphaeid oyster, likely Gryphea or a closely related form. These are commonly called "devil's toenails". Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I agree, it's definitely a fossil Gryphaea. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I agree. Gryphaea with the valves still attached. " 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...
JohnBrewer Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Great find, yes as others say Gryphaea. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Indeed a nice Gryphaea, species probably Gryphaea dilatata Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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