Belemnite

[Bong]

Hi everyone,

 

Attached are pictures of three small fragments of belemnites I found three days ago in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, UK. In the first picture, two of the belemnites are what I usually find in the lake but one of them looks significantly different. It looks like it is coated in thick white stuff (which I cant identify) which almost makes me believe this may not even be a belemnite fossil. Can anybody tell me what this is please? Is this even belemnite?

Thanks,

Bong

[FossilDAWG]

I'm pretty confident that the white one is a burrow or elongate concretion.  Whatever it is, it is certainly not a belemnite, as it lacks entirely the radial crystal structure that is typical of belemnite rostra.

 

Don

[Ludwigia]

I agree with Don. Rather a concretion or burrow than a belemnite.

[Bong]

3 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

I agree with Don. Rather a concretion than a belemnite.

 

1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said:

I'm pretty confident that the white one is a burrow or elongate concretion.  Whatever it is, it is certainly not a belemnite, as it lacks entirely the radial crystal structure that is typical of belemnite rostra.

 

Don

 

Hi Don and Ludwigia,

 

Thanks for your help I know know what a concretion is  

[Peto Lithos]

Is that stuff in the center just rock, or potential fossil material? It could be worth looking at closer.