thestrandloper Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Hi, just found this great site. Just getting back into fossil hunting after many years away from it. Wonder if anyone can help identify this scaled section of tail ? Which I found at Folkestone in the Gault clay deposits. Thanks for any info in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, thestrandloper said: this scaled section of tail ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Cropped and brightened. Your 3rd picture looks almost like a fish skull, to me. This is a confusing looking piece. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Your 3rd picture looks almost like a fish skull, to me. I thought that looked like bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestrandloper Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Definitely not a fish skull, the scales are kinda petal shaped like a reptile tail crocodile ? I have added a few more images. It also seems to have a ligament running through the middle which is protruding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Sorry but I'm less convinced that it's even a fossil. I have no experience with reptile scales though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 1 hour ago, thestrandloper said: Definitely not a fish skull, ... That's why I said looks like. Let's call in some more local members. @JohnBrewer @DE&i @LiamL @TqB I don't see any mention of reptile fossils at Folkestone in a quick Google search. I do see fish and crabs mentioned, however. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 It is puzzling. It looks a little like a crushed crab to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestrandloper Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Thanks for all the interest guys I don't think it is a crab or lobster as I have found a few of those and this looks very different it seems as though it was articulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 It looks like a partial interior mould of a nautiloid. They can be that colour from Folkstone. Second photo being the transverse view of a chamber, with the small circle being the siphuncle. (Coincidentally, Eutrephoceras is actually one you get at Folkstone, though I was only looking for a generalised image of these views. This just happened to be in the Treatise.) 9 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestrandloper Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Yep I think that is it Thanks for all the responses, so glad I found this website as I think it will be a great help. I truly have the hunting bug again !! Cheers Mat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, thestrandloper said: Yep I think that is it Thanks for all the responses, so glad I found this website as I think it will be a great help. I truly have the hunting bug again !! Cheers Mat Glad you joined and hope to see more finds! Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestrandloper Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 I have a few more items I have no idea about , this being one of them. A friend gave this to me he worked for a dredging company in the 90's working in the North sea and this came up any ideas ? Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 An ironstone concretion I think, they often have a cracked shrinkage coating like that. A neat example. 5 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 The last one looks like the so called "crocodile skin" concretion, so it might be that. link 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Would help if We could see more than one side/view of it. As is, I agree with an iron concretion. 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...
thestrandloper Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Hi there, I was given this by a friend who worked for a dredging company during the 90's and this came up from the bed of the North sea. I have no idea what it is or even if it is a fossil ? Interesting item though ! Any help on ID appreciated. Thanks Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestrandloper Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thanks for all the info. I am out hunting at Sheppey and Folkestone this week so hoefully get something interesting. Regards Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Sorry but have you not already posted this and got an ID? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 10 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: Sorry but have you not already posted this and got an ID? I did ask for more pictures, Still think it is a concretion. 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...
Bobby Rico Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, ynot said: I did ask for more pictures, Still think it is a concretion. Hi Tony Sorry it was a different thread that I commented on, now it has been merged back into the original post. I also think it is a concretion and quiet interesting one too. Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestrandloper Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 Hi Guys, sorry didn't realize that I posted this twice still getting to grips with the platform. Thanks for your interest and ID. Regards Mat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 It is really cool looking rock I would have taken it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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