Rory Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Attached is an ammonite from east runton in north norfolk, however i really dont know how it got there! I was under the impression that ammonites died out long before then, and east runton is late Pleistocene era. Any ideas? It was lodged on top of the pastonian strata, as if it had fallen from above, and is pretty well preserved so it cant have been washed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Possibly an erratic that was re-deposited by glacial processes (which scoured the original Cretaceous bedrock during the Quaternary ice ages)? Also i think this topic is in the wrong section. "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Topic moved to Fossil ID. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 It's called a remanie, in England it seems to be more common than other places for some reason, normally it occurs when a river erodes out a fossil and redeposits it. 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...
JohnBrewer Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 @Ludwigia might be able to help John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisk Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Euhoplites and Hoplites are early Cretaceous ammonites reported to be common in the coastal cliffs of Norfolk (https://ukfossils.co.uk/2003/06/12/hunstanton/ and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309878345_The_stratigraphy_of_the_Gault_Formation_Early_Cretaceous_Albian_in_East_Anglia_and_south-east_England ). Both have members with prominent branched ribbing like your specimen. http://www.gaultammonite.co.uk/pages/Link_Pages/Ammonites_Link.htm is a pretty nice reference with detailed photos and diagnostic descriptions. H. dentatus: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 If the sediments at East Runton are exclusively Pleistocene, then the above statements are all possibilities. It could also have been left there by human beings. In order to determine the identity of the ammonite, we would need a picture of the venter and aperture. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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