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4-year-old fossil hunter strikes again…!


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Hello again all. Thank you for being so helpful last time. Our Wiltshire driveway has proven rather fruitful…! Since the scleractinian coral, daughter has since found these two (plus another coral). She is, as ever, super excited. Any thoughts?

 

(We are Wiltshire UK and the fossils were in our driveway stones. The stone with the little star is approx 3cm by 6cm and the stone with the layered lines is about 2cm by 3cm. We’ve started to put them into little display pots).

 

 Thank you in advance!

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The first one is partial imprint of shell, not sure of what, the second one looks like Oolitic limestone but that's as far as my limited knowledge goes :) Wait for expert to give better ID.

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Maybe oolitic limestone with a star shaped crinoid columnal for the second item.

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From what I read the Oolitic limestone comes from the Jurassic rocks which are 144.5 - 199.6 million years old. Tell your daughter she has a good eye for fossils and keep it up!

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