Pterygotus Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Could someone please ID this fossil? It was found at Lyme Regis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Also, if it helps, the amount of fossil poking out the rock measures 5mm by 6mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatFossilBoy Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Looks like there are some bivalve fragments but not sure. I don’t really see what you want us to identify. Regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, DatFossilBoy said: Looks like there are some bivalve fragments but not sure. I don’t really see what you want us to identify. Regards This fossil here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Not enough left there to make an ID with. I think shell fragment is the best You will get on this one. 1 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...
Rockwood Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I'm going to say fragment of nautiloid shell. Remnant of a crinoid stem being my second choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Hard to tell but I've seen brachiopods with that sort of shattered silvery preservation in that sort of limestone from there. There seem to be plications so I'd hazard a guess at rhynchonellid. 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 mm oh ! The thing is tiny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Hard to tell, but I'll go along with Tarquin. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 If it helps, the fossil has segments like an isopod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Are you sure they are segments, and not plications? It may be time to take another photo of the fossil in question in slightly different orientation and/or lighting conditions. A close-up detailed image may also help in this case. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Kane said: Are you sure they are segments, and not plications? It may be time to take another photo of the fossil in question in slightly different orientation and/or lighting conditions. A close-up detailed image may also help in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Zoomed in, and assuming it's local Lower Lias, it doesn't look rhynchonellid and looks more bivalve than brachiopod but likely to be too fragmentary to be more positive with ID. Having said that, it reminds me of some Carboniferous brachiopods and there is fossiliferous Carboniferous rock armour around there! Look up Echinoconchus, for example, which has a rather segmented appearance. 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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