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Could anyone help me identify this fossil?


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Could anyone help me identify this fossil? 

 

Found on the beach near Whitby uk.

 

Weighs a little over 2kg.

 

Photographed wet and dry with a bell pepper for scale. (apologies at the lack of accurate measurements, the kiddos have stolen my ruler, tape measure and for some reason the spirit level... I can only hope they're putting up a shelf or something.)

 

This is my first time on this forum so apologies for any faux pas or janky formatting. 

 

 

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Looks like a partial ammonite. I can't help with the species but there are members familiar with the area who may know it (if enough remains for identification).

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Partial ammonite.

Maybe @Ludwigia is still able to identify it. Although I highly doubt it, as it is so badly preserved.

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1 hour ago, Brevicollis said:

Partial ammonite.

Maybe @Ludwigia is still able to identify it. Although I highly doubt it, as it is so badly preserved.

You certainly are right on that account. Sorry.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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Based on the preservation, it looks like a crushed piece of one of the large arietid ammonites from the Redcar area - so Coroniceras or similar.

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yep, I would think so, something like a Coroniceras-type

Ribs and (visible, but covered with matrix yet) keel are indicators for this (I marked the keel with two blue lines)

 

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