Tiger25 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Hi I'm in need of help identifying this fossil I found the other day on a chalk clif . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger25 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Having trouble uploading the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 See if these topics help. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger25 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 I'm on an I phone will this not work on this site uploading pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I phones work just fine. Reduce the image files to be within size restrictions (see FAQ topics). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger25 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Thank you for the help . I'm not very tech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I looks like it could be part of the keel of an ammonite. It would help to know the general location where it was found (town, region, etc.) The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I'm gonna' go with ammonite, too. One of our Brit members might narrow this down. Which chalk cliff? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger25 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 This was found in buriton just outside petersfield Hants opposite buster hill near the lime quarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger25 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 I've found some , what I believe to be crustacean legs in the same area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I don't know the location at all but the ammonite looks like a Mantelliceras sp. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hi, yes, you have a chalk ammonite section; I am unable to comment on the species. Your "lobster legs" are Marcasite nodules. Best of luck with some more finds! Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger25 Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 The picture isn't very clear but near the smaller end it has the same curvature you would expect from a joint to allow movement in the legs, also the inside resembles that of a crystallised flesh like you get on the inside of belemnites. I will try and find some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 The picture is clear enough, definitely not lobster material. Lobsters in the chalk are incredibly fragile so would not survive without a chalk base and there will only be chalk inside as only the outer layer of carapace is preserved (and they are mostly pink in colour). Marcasite, what you have, will look like a cross section of a belemnite as that is the way the pyrite forms, once split it will have lines protruding from the centre. If you split this specimen to get a new cross section you will find it glimmers gold for a few days or weeks before it oxidises - sometimes I split ones I find and coat them in PVA to make them last for a while. Regards, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger25 Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Dam!! I'll carry on in that area to see what else I can find . Thanks for the input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 It seems like a nice area, for sure worth some more visits. With the chalk the rare finds come with persistent collecting, the good bits are out there to be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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