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Possible Belemnite pathology


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@TqB Typical fractured belemnite Cylindroteuthis pusozianna  guard but with curvature towards the tip, could this be a preservational feature or maby some sort of pathology.

 

From the Lower Oxford Clay, Peterborough formation, Callovian stage. 

Belemnite pathology 1a.jpg

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Belemnite pathology 1d.jpg

Regards.....D&E&i

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Hi Darren, 

Although that amount of curvature is perfectly feasible and well known, I think it's just the cracks that are causing it here. It sometimes happens if it was lying on something else, or maybe just through clay deformation at some stage.

Tarquin

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