Enafter Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I like collecting fossils, but I usually am not sure what my finds are. Please, could you help me identify these fossils? I noted down some possibilities down below. 1 - could be a late Albian ammonite from central Serbia, but I am not entirely sure. Acquired in Serbia. 2 - Found at Southerndown, Wales. Could it be a tree root or something in the region of that? It has a cross-hatched pattern if you look closely. 3 & 4 - A shell I found at Penarth, Wales but I am not entirely sure what it is called. 5 - A bone I found in the mud at Tites Point, Severn, Gloucestershire. maybe a birds? 6 - Some shells I found in mudstone at Charmouth, England. Was found in the same stone as 7. 7 - wood I found at Charmouth? It was very crumbly and delicate. 8 - A Trilobite fragment possibly, Llanfawr quarries, Wales. 9 - A bivalve I found in Southerndown. Not sure what it is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I think Number one could be a ceratite from the Triassic. Three and four look like the Liassic bivalve Plagiostoma, if it's still called that. It's a bivalve, anyway. Six is another Liassic bivalve, very, very nice too! I think this is also Lima/ Plagiostoma sp. I agree with wood for seven. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enafter Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 Thank you, very much for your reply. It has been really helpful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I'll go along with Tidgy's Dad's assessment. Can't say anything to the bone or possible trilobite, though. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enafter Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 I believe it could be a trilobite considering the only fossils in the area are trilobites and graptolites. But I am just not sure what species the trilobite is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enafter Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 Some other unidentified fossils; 10 - Kingston Bivalve, England, I have no clue what it is though. 11 - Both are ammonites but are of a different species, any ideas. Also from Kingstone. 12 - bivalve from Llantwit major, I found it in a rubbish pile at the bottom of the cliff. 13 - Bivalve from Southerndown, Wales. What is it? 14 - I believe both are of the same genus but what are they? Kingstone. 15 - Very interesting clam, has zigzags across its mouth. I've never found anything like it. Kingstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Kingstone fossils are usually from the Junction Bed, Upper Lias - the top of the Lower Jurassic. The ammonites could be Harpoceras on the left and Hildoceras on the right, I think. 13 and possibly the internal molds of 14 as well look like Pholadomya, or one of that family. The last one is a rhynchonellid brachiopod. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enafter Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 Thanks! now I know what most of my fossils are and can label them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenmaster6 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Enafter said: Thanks! now I know what most of my fossils are and can label them. I think number 10 looks like some kind of Bivalve. Possibly Buchia Sp. (I have found some pretty squished ones) And I agree with Tidgy's dad, the last one is a rhynchonellid brachiopod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenmaster6 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Here are a few pictures of Jurassic Buchia I found in Oregon United States Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enafter Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 It does indeed look like it! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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