Pterygotus Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I recently saw this claw labelled as therapod 4.9cm and Jurassic. From saltwick bay, Whitby, UK. Does anyone know what it could be or if it could just be an interestingly shaped rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBoy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Im in the rock camp just very suggestive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 It is a piece of flint, note the conchoidal fractures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 The same piece has been shown here on the forum a while ago. It's flint or silex. The circled red part shows how you can see it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Looks like flint. Certainly isn’t a claw I’m afraid. 2 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Definitely flint. There's loads of it even on northern UK beaches well away from modern Chalk outcrops, derived glacially from now denuded Chalk layers that were once much more widespread. 4 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I was sure I have seen it recently.... " 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...
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