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Hi all! First post here! I'm a newbie fossil enthusiast, went fossil hunting near Whitby and found this interesting piece. I'm not quite sure what it might be? It's about the size of a playing card, and from what I can tell it has pyrite growing on the sides of it. I gave it a good wash and scrub with a toothbrush, any thoughts? Thanks!
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The dense bone, with a heavier than usual specific gravity to what you would expect from a bone. It was found at 0.5m below ground level within weathered Langport Member, Blue Lias Formation and Charmouth Mudstone Formation.
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I've been doing some prep on smaller fossils, mostly ammonites, and have decided to finally tackle my big project, which has been sitting outside for almost a year - since last August. We found this behemoth on the walk back from our fossil tour at Charmouth, within view of the heritage centre, so figured it was worth it to carry it just that bit further, despite its weight. My gear includes: 1. DeWalt safety goggles 2. M3 dust/particulates mask 3. noise-cancelling earbuds 4. Dremel 290 engraver 5. anti-vibration gloves 6. ZOIC engraver tips. I do not have access to an air scribe, mostly because I live in London and absolutely do not have the space for a workshop/storage. I also don't have a tile cutter or a larger blade to trim off big pieces of stone, unfortunately. So, my question becomes, what should I do with it? My plan was to take off the lobes (term?) from the edges in order to show off some of the inside, but then leave the 3 (the distinction between 2nd and 3rd lobes is hard to see in the photos, but easily visible in person) central lobes as it's just too much stone to remove with the Dremel. You can see in the first and second images where I started with this edge removal process. Very fortunately, the stone/matrix is quite soft, so it's not a difficult process to remove, just extremely time-consuming. I would appreciate any comments/suggestions/advice as I'm very new to fossil prep! Thanks for reading.
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Spines on silicified Latiproductus, Mississippian, England.
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Probably Latiproductus latissimus, Great Limestone, Mississippian, Pendleian Stage, Co. Durham, England. I've dissolved out a few silicified partial shells of this common large productid but these are the first attached spines I've come across so far. I can't find any literature where these have been figured before for this genus. Four are showing; there may well be more but the piece is very fragile and I'm stopping here! They only occur on the ventral (pedicle) valve, judging by the spine bases. The second photo is of a more complete ventral shell in the same piece, with typical spine bases. Scale in mm Usual preservation after acid extraction in this bed. (55mm across, quite small for the species.)
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Does anyone recognise this? It's in a piece of Mississippian Great Limestone (north east England) that I'm acid dissolving for silica replaced fossils. It's about 7mm long and I'm stumped. I don't think it's bryozoan - no sign of branches or zooecia and we don't have Archimedes which it vaguely resembles. Foraminiferan? It has a resemblance to strings of Saccaminopsis (calcareous alga spheres) that also occur but they don't have the twist. Scale in mm In context, with brachiopods, brachiopod spines, corals, gastropods
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Silicified rostroconch, tiny but complete, Mississippian, England
TqB posted a topic in Member Collections
I've always wanted to find a rostroconch in my local Mississippian rocks of N.E. England (or indeed anywhere) but never have. There's a handful of records from the area but they're very sporadic. I've finally struck lucky, very unexpectedly, in a a sample from the Great Limestone (upper Missisippian, Pendleian Stage) that I've been dissolving for silicified fossils. This is full of small brachiopods, gastropods, corals and various other stuff, all interesting but mostly predictable. Anyway, this turned up a few days ago and is instantly recognisable, despite being only 4mm long and preserved in typical sugary silica particles. Presumably Conocardium (like the few records), it has a very long rostrum preserved and the ribbing is apparent in the closeups. 4mm long Long rostrum on left, short main shell on right. With a similar though larger Permian one (photo flipped). Figure from Mazaev, 2015, "Middle Permian rostroconchs of the Kazanian stage of the East European Platform" Ventral view, rostrum pointing upwards, gape below. Posterior (rostrate) end, concentric ribs on shell below. (mm scale) Anterior (gape) end, again showing ribs either side.
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Hi everyone! So About a month ago I found this partial fish skull at Charmouth, U.K. which has been identified for me as Caturus sp. I was hoping that I could maybe get some help on what parts of the skull I have here? I can identify the branchiostegal rays but that is about as much as I can do - as I’m very much an amateur who wants to learn more. Please forgive me if my guesses are wrong - any help at all would be greatly appreciated! I’m pretty sure these (A) are the branchiostegal rays? The cross section visible below of the next bone up from the rays (B) makes me guess it’s possibly the dentary? Which I guess would make (C) Maxilla? The top from the first photo.
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From a sparsely fossiliferous shale above the Great Limestone (U. Mississippian, Pendleian) in Co. Durham, England. Found a couple of weeks ago by a streamside while walking the dog on the moors. It's the spiniest specimen of Eomarginifera longispina that I've seen - a common species but usually found with not much more than the bases of the rather sparse spines preserved. When rough prepping it with a pin vice, the long spine appeared first and I only later realised it had the hinge spines at the top. They're tubular and rather crushed. Like many productids, the spines are only on the ventral valve so probably more to do with support/anchorage in the mud than with protection. Scale in mm From the Treatise, the same species with typical spine bases.
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; April 14 2024
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