ADfossils Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Hello! I just came back from my first dream trip to the Isle of Wight. I found a lot of beautiful fossils, including an Iguanodon vertebra from Brook Bay, a lot of small teeth, bones from the Vectis and Wealden formation of Yaverland etc. I will post everything in a few days when I'm done preparing them. In the meanwhile, I stumbled upon this in some matrix from the Vectis formation at Yaverland. It is in 3D and approximately 1 cm / 0.4 inch in length. Would anyone be familiar with the Vectis formation and have an idea of what this could be? Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 No one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 Hello, here are some pictures. I still have no clue on what this might be... I don't want to keep digging around it and risk damaging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Hi, sorry, the only thing I can say is that this appears somehow toothlike to me, but thats just a gut feeling and probably wrong. Best regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I get an arthropod vibe from it, but I'm probably wrong. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) I get a crabby vibe from it, but I’m probably wrong too. Edited September 20, 2023 by Bobby Rico 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) In this state it doesn't look like anything I'd recognize. Sorry! Maybe either @Notidanodon or @Haravex would have a suggestion? They're more familiar with hunting the formation... Edited September 21, 2023 by pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 I'm stumped by this one however I can ask a friend who has collected on the isle a lot more than me he might have more of an idea, I'm not getting a tooth vibe from it, to me looks more bone or possibly even crustacean shell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 Thank you for your replies! It does look like other small bones found in this formation, but I can't figure out what it could be... Let's hope that your friend can help us. Tell me if you should need different pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Hmmm looks like a bone but there are also a lot of dark pebbles in that formation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 23, 2023 Author Share Posted September 23, 2023 Hello! I also found these in another block from the same formation, also at Yaverland. The tiny tooth measures 4mm. The two long pieces measure 4cm (1.57 inch) and 2cm (0.79 inch). As you can see they are both sadly partially eroded, as they were already exposed on the side of the block when I picked it up. I was able to expose the part of the longer piece that is not eroded. Is it bone or a (partial) tooth? It's shinier than the 2cm piece and the cells are less obvious on the eroded part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 That is bone I think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 Still digging slowly in the same block... Just found this, the bit that's sticking out measures 2cm (0.79 inch) in lenght: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 3cm+ now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 nice little jaw! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 Yesss, it's a jaw! Do you have an idea of what? Looks like fish, even though I'm hoping it's not. Here with some of the teeth exposed: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 the way it expands in the back end suggests fish to me. as do the pointy teeth. Still, nice jaw. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 Thank you! Little update: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 On 9/27/2023 at 12:46 AM, jpc said: the way it expands in the back end suggests fish to me. as do the pointy teeth. Still, nice jaw. Yeah, these characteristics also mark the jaw as fish for me... Really nice jaw, especially considering how hard the matrix is! 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 What is the matrix? Is it carbonate to any extent? If so, I wonder if a little acid prep (basically vinegar) might help to clean it up some. That would not work for sandstone though. Nice little jaw for sure! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 19 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: What is the matrix? Is it carbonate to any extent? If so, I wonder if a little acid prep (basically vinegar) might help to clean it up some. That would not work for sandstone though. Yes, I believe this matrix does contain carbonate... 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 Yes it does contain carbonate! I managed to clean it a bit using vinegar, will post clean pictures soon. In the meanwhile, I found another mystery. Looks like a tooth and measures 1,5cm (0.6 inch). There seems to still be a lot in the matrix. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, ADfossils said: In the meanwhile, I found another mystery. Looks like a tooth and measures 1,5cm (0.6 inch). There seems to still be a lot in the matrix. Unfortunately, I'm not seeing a tooth here... I'm missing the shine typical of enamel, and don't recognize the shape either. My guess would be another bit of bone? Edited October 2, 2023 by pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awolartist Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Very cool, excited to see more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADfossils Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 Hello! I cleaned it a bit more, it looks even stranger now: Found a tiny fish vertebra next to it also, although these are really common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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