Craig79 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Please could anyone hep me id this fossil me and my 8 year old daughter Ruth found it is beyond my amateur knowledge i can send more pics if needs be we found it semi submerged in clay on good fossil hunting grounds in the north east of england Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Please provide a picture, with location information and scale to show size. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Welcome to TFF! It would help if You provide pictures that show all sides of this object with a scale, and give a more precise location (nearby town). 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...
oldtimer Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Welcome to the forum. A picture with size reference would be helpful. Size matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Also, if you found other fossilized items it is helpful to know what other types of fossils you found nearby. E.g. marine vs terrestrial fossils, vertebrate vs invertebrate, plant vs animal. Sometimes even if we know the town it was found in or near, there may be more than one geological formation within the stated area. So the other fossils help narrow down the options as to what it could be. Very cool looking and wonderful that you found it with your daughter. That is making memories for both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Please also include a photo of the flat side which is laying on the table. I'm thinking that this might be something man-made. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 To me this resembles a three-dimensional cast of Calamites, specifically a tip. To get the general picture, see e.g. this link. Your specimen has broader ribs, of course, but this is species dependent. I recall having seen something similar to yours in the plate atlas of Kidston and Jongmans (1915-1917). Unfortunately, at the moment I do not have access to this publication. 6 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 "C. undulatus" Given the amount of plates in Kidston & Lang, I think Tim(Paleoflor) has a remarkable memory edit:Kidston & Jongmans,obviously.APologies to everyone 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 50 minutes ago, paleoflor said: To me this resembles a three-dimensional cast of Calamites, specifically a tip. To get the general picture, see e.g. this link. Your specimen has broader ribs, of course, but this is species dependent. I recall having seen something similar to yours in the plate atlas of Kidston and Jongmans (1915-1917). Unfortunately, at the moment I do not have access to this publication. That was my first thought too. 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, TqB said: That was my first thought too. I could go with this as well. “...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...
paleoflor Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 @doushantuo : If you have access to the plates of Kidston and Jongmans (1915-1917), can you look up Calamites steinhaueri for comparison? 1 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Here you go: Everybody has access to the Atlas (BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIB.), but the Text is nowhere to be found Simply based on morphology, you'd have to say fig. 1 seems a dead ringer 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Thanks for pointing out that the atlas is available online! Will save me a lot of time now I no longer have to make scans. Figure 1 indeed shows the specimen of Calamites steinhaueri that I was reminded of. Rather rare species. Will check the provenance in the text volume when I get home tonight. Thought it came from the UK... 2 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig79 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 thank you everyone who replied we love fossil hunting altho I'm not very good at identifying what they are much to the dismay of Ruth. The other unrelated fossil found by ruth close by to my original upload it was found near Ulrome near Bridlington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig79 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 picture of the flat side as requested altho identified now thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The pictures you've posted would be far too small to be of any use, but glad it was identified, anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Very cool specimen. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 It's cool, and it was cool also when it was deposited during the Devensian glaciation period, being from the Carboniferous. 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...
Plantguy Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Very nice specimen! love the 3d type of finds!. congrats. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 That's a lovely find! Congratulations! ! ! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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