ToaTrex Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 https://imgur.com/Si8x5Ve This fossil was found near the gate of Lergrav while I was on summer vacation in 2016. A somewhat famous rock formation on the north eastern side of the island of Gotland in the Baltic sea. These rock formations are known to locals as a Rauk. The main fossil is roughly 5 cm long brick red in colour with a grey segment from another individual about a centimetre long also located in the same stone. As Gotland is mainly made up from sedimentary rock from the ordoviscian and silurian mainly limestone that is when I assume the fossil is from. The fossil is seemingly made up of rows of square segments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome to the forum. Please post your photo directly here. Links often get lost with time and we like to archive our correspondence. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Here it is. Interesting find. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Your close up image looks like a bunch of zooids from a bryozoan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phevo Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 +1 for bryozoan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 That's where I went too. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Same supposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Probably bryozoan, but it's very nice indeed! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Maybe weathered Diplotrypa baltica ,but trying to id this is tantamount to hubris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The patterns in the magnified picture are very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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