Lots of fossils from Mortimer Forest, Shropshire, UK (Silurian; Wenlock)

[EntomoloJosh]

Hello,

 

For a trip for my birthday, my girlfriend and I went to Mortimer Forest in South Shropshire to look for fossils, and we came across quite a few, and as I am very new to fossil collecting (only have been interested within the past few weeks, and I got the DK Fossil Handbook earlier today), I'm not entirely sure what most of them are.

 

I've made a link to an Imgur album for all of the fossils we collected. The caption for each photo is my best guess at an ID, and the numbers denote which rocks they are in. Most of the fossils were found in/by streams, although some were found on the ground by some exposed bedrock.

 

Thank you for reading, and I hope you can help

 

https://imgur.com/a/sT1T0bg

 

 

 

[Kane]

It is best to post photos here on the forum as a courtesy to members who do not wish to go outside the site for various reasons.  

Also, over time, links have a tendency to go stale and thus render a thread of little future value. 

[Fossildude19]

Also, it is best to limit the amount of photos/specimens you post.

 

Each topic should be limited to 4 items, or so.

Please be sure to number each item, so they can be discussed easily.

 

 

 

[bockryan]

I think your leaves are more likely to be graptolites. Fun finds from a cool spot

[EntomoloJosh]

11 hours ago, Kane said:

It is best to post photos here on the forum as a courtesy to members who do not wish to go outside the site for various reasons.  

Also, over time, links have a tendency to go stale and thus render a thread of little future value. 

 

11 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Also, it is best to limit the amount of photos/specimens you post.

 

Each topic should be limited to 4 items, or so.

Please be sure to number each item, so they can be discussed easily.

 

 

 

 

Thank you both for this information, I will take it onboard for future posts

[EntomoloJosh]

7 hours ago, bockryan said:

I think your leaves are more likely to be graptolites. Fun finds from a cool spot

 

Oh interesting, thank you! Any ideas what the brown around it could be, or is that just a different colour of rock?

[bockryan]

15 hours ago, EntomoloJosh said:

 

Oh interesting, thank you! Any ideas what the brown around it could be, or is that just a different colour of rock?

 

I would say mineral staining of some kind - you can tell they're (probably, in my opinion) graptolites because of that characteristic "zipper" or comb kind of look they have. Normally I might be convinced it might be plant material but I think Silurian is too early to expect that. If this was middle/late-Devonian I might say leaf. These are a few from my collection, the last from a hotel parking lot!

[Fossildude19]

16 hours ago, EntomoloJosh said:

 

 

Thank you both for this information, I will take it onboard for future posts

 

You miss the point.
This post needs to have the pictures directly attached.

 

I have facilitated this for you, but you should go ahead and re-number them.

Thanks for your cooperation.

[Coco]

I agree with @Fossildude19. Moreover, there are too many images at once !

 

Coco

[EntomoloJosh]

Apologies for this post being a bit of a mess, I am very new to this. I'm not sure if it is better to post separate more organised follow-up posts which separate them out a bit more, or just to add them as a comment on here. I thought to avoid repetition I should add them here, so below are the more organised photos

1- Bivalve or brachiopod?

2 - ?

3 - Dentalium? (~19mm long)

4.1,2 - Bryozoa and shell bed

4.3 - Bryozoan

4.4 - ?

5 - Bryozoan?

7 - ?

8.1 - Graptolite identified by @bockryan, still unsure of 8.2

9.1 - Graptolite identified by @bockryan, still unsure of 9.2 and 9.3 (could just be weird rock formation?)

10 - Trilobite eye impression?

11 - Bivalve imprint?

11 - Shell?

12 - Underside of bivalve/brachiopod?

13 - Stromatoporoid?

13.5 reminds me of crabs in concretions that I've seen online

I hope this comment is more helpful than my initial post, and again, sorry for the mess.

Edited January 23 by EntomoloJosh

[FranzBernhard]

#13 seems to be a nice stromatoporoid, yes.

Franz Bernhard

Edited January 23 by FranzBernhard

[Brandy Cole]

1 hour ago, EntomoloJosh said:

I hope this comment is more helpful than my initial post, and again, sorry for the mess.

This comment helped clear things up.  I think the best way to look at it is to ask yourself, if I was trying to help someone to ID things on a post like mine, how easy or hard would it be?

 

A post with many items without numbered pictures makes it tough for users to help you in two ways:

Users have a hard time focusing on the details of each individual item, and users have a hard time identifying which item they're trying to post information about.

 

In the future, if you post maybe four or five items per post and number them clearly, you'll make it much easier for members to help you identify your finds. Also, if you have many items, you may want to pick your favorites first and spread your posts out over a few days or even a couple of weeks so that the users who are experts in your type of fossils don't feel overwhelmed by the number of items requested.

 

We appreciate you posting and look forward you seeing what you have in the future!

[Isotelus2883]

13.5 shows the cross section of a trilobite thorax.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Lots of Atrypa reticularis in the first batch.