Pterygotus Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 A couple of fossils found at Aust Cliff which could someone please ID? I have put suggestions of what they might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Dinosaur? Looks like some hadrosaur teeth I have seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Looks like a rooted ichthyosaurs tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 There are more but they exceed 3.95mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Can’t really see much from those images. Can you get well lit sharp close up images? From what I see I think the ichthyosaur id is looking good. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 1.pterosaur? 2.ichthyosaur? 3.plesiosaur(most likely) 4.no. Clue 5.crinoid chunk? 5.possibly associated vertebrae from some reptile or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 4 is coprolite 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 I think some teeth are fish. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Still need better photos. For those that don’t know the area is Triassic 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Looking again I think all teeth are Severnichthys 2 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I think your "hadrosaur tooth" is a fish scale. No hadrosaurs in the triassic UK. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_sea_urchin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 The last one could be a vertebra, it's quite difficult to see. Maybe a fish vert? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_sea_urchin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Could you get a close up of the complete one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 13 hours ago, JohnBrewer said: Looking again I think all teeth are Severnichthys One of them is probably a plesiosaur tooth judging from the surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, fossil_sea_urchin said: Could you get a close up of the complete one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_sea_urchin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 It looks a bit like the bottom of a Pachystropheus dorsal vertebra, but it could be something else. I would recommend Fossils Of The Rhaetian Penarth Group for a more accurate ID. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_sea_urchin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Cool find, whatever it is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, fossil_sea_urchin said: It looks a bit like the bottom of a Pachystropheus dorsal vertebra, but it could be something else. I would recommend Fossils Of The Rhaetian Penarth Group for a more accurate ID. looks like a tail vertebrae maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, fossil_sea_urchin said: It looks a bit like the bottom of a Pachystropheus dorsal vertebra, but it could be something else. I would recommend Fossils Of The Rhaetian Penarth Group for a more accurate ID. How rare is pachystropheus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 What glue is best used for repair as one vertebrae was slightly broken while removing from the rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Pterygotus said: What glue is best used for repair as one vertebrae was slightly broken while removing from the rock? Paraloid would be my choice. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Pterygotus said: One of them is probably a plesiosaur tooth judging from the surface Could well be as striations go to the tip here unlike Severnichthys. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_sea_urchin Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 17/03/2019 at 2:56 PM, Pterygotus said: How rare is pachystropheus? I don't think it is very rare among aust cliff vertebrates, but the chances of finding any vertebrate bones are rarely above 50%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 17 minutes ago, fossil_sea_urchin said: I don't think it is very rare among aust cliff vertebrates, but the chances of finding any vertebrate bones are rarely above 50%. On the contrary, bone is almost as common as coprolite in the ‘bone bed’ at Aust. Having said that they tend to be small unidentifiable pieces but I’ve found plesiosaurus verts and ichthyosaur teeth if you count teeth bone. There are many fish teeth too. The brown parts in the matrix are bone, the black are coprolite. It’s actually quite difficult not to find bone pieces. The problem is prepping. The bone is fragile and disintegrates unless you consolidate as you go. The coprolite isn’t so bad, it tends to split into chunks but they’re easy enough to stick together. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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