Microslides Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Hi to all you fossil guys, I’ve been dealing in and collecting antique microscope slides for many years, so I am familiar with viewing micro fossils and and fossil sections under the microscope, but the specimens on the slide seen in the attached image were a real eye-opener to me. I had no idea such incredible three-dimensional detail could be preserved, amber-like, in flint. My question is, is this type of preservation is common? The slide is the standard 3”x1” size. A location for the specimen is sadly lacking, but certainly somewhere in the UK. I look forward to understanding these little fossils in more detail. Thanks, Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Antique slides--what a wonderfully unusual hobby to collect! Flint is a cryptocrystalline form of quartz and is a form of chert. The Wikipedia article on chert does indicate that microfossils are not unknown from chert nodules. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chert Can we see (or can you transcribe) the species name written on the slide label? Welcome to the forum. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 30 minutes ago, digit said: Can we see (or can you transcribe) the species name written on the slide label? Welcome to the forum. Cheers. -Ken Ken, All I can see is that it says "Marine organisms" . Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Ah, I see it now. I saw cropped italic print and assumed (without looking closely) that it was a species name. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Looks like a foram to Me. 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...
Herb Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 could be a disc bryozoa similar to this Paleogene one. 1/4 to 1/2" in diameter, some smaller. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Herb said: could be a disc coral similar to this Paleogene one. Big difference in size? 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...
Al Dente Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Herb said: could be a disc coral similar to this Paleogene one. 1/4 to 1/2" in diameter, some smaller. Herb, your specimen is a free living bryozoan similar to Discoporella. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I would guess the specimen in flint is a sponge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Lovely specimen. There appear to be quite a few sponge spicules floating around in there too, mostly monaxons. 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Lovely specimen! Can you post pictures of some of your other fossil slides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 11 hours ago, Al Dente said: Herb, your specimen is a free living bryozoan similar to Discoporella. You are correct, bad labeling, my bad, thx "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubertus68 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Hello, the larger fossil is a bryozoan. Unlike the propositions being made it is not a free-living Lunulites/'Discoporella', but more likely Radiopora. The smaller specimen could also be a bryozoan, but the important details are not visble. Here a Radiopora from the Upper Cretaceous of Maastricht. Beste wishes, Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 20.2.2019 at 10:12 AM, Al Dente said: I would guess the specimen in flint is a sponge. I would agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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