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Sara1613

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Hi

hoping someone can help before my daughter takes these to school. We went fossil hunting by the river Severn in Aust England and found the pictured. I can see a fossil on the right (not sure what) but the larger area in the picture really looks to be something! It’s part hidden by the rock and has a slight sort of shine to it?! Could it be a fossil and could it be bone? 

Would be so grateful if someone could help thanks 

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Looks like an imprint from a shell and possibly  a coral in the lower corner

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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A coral? And if you mean the biggest bit as an imprint, I can’t see how as the whole texture is different from the rest of the stone! It looked to be a brachiopod fossil to the middle right side of the picture to me! I will see if I can upload other pics

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I'm also seeing mineralized shell at the top and an impression on the right, probably bivalve and perhaps brachiopod. No bone, though.

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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It is hard to tell if it is a brachiopod or bivalve but it is a shell, leaning towards the former as it is symmetrical but I am unfamiliar with this locality and cannot say much more about it.

Interesting find nonetheless 

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Thank u all! Was just surprised by the texture and shine of the bigger one as it’s different to anything I’ve found before 

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15 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

I'm also seeing mineralized shell at the top and an impression on the right, probably bivalve and brachiopod. No bone, though.

Ludwigia sorry what’s a mineralised shell please 

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@Sara1613 A shell where the original substance has been replaced by a mineral. With bivalves that is mostly calcite. Now that you've posted close-ups, there's no question in my mind that this is the underside of a bivalve shell.

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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23 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

@Sara1613 A shell where the original substance has been replaced by a mineral. With bivalves that is mostly calcite. Now that you've posted close-ups, there's no question in my mind that this is the underside of a bivalve shell.

Ludwigia that’s fab that they helped thank u 

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