New Members Granny and Aust Posted June 5, 2022 New Members Share Posted June 5, 2022 My grandson sent me photos of his little haul from today on his beach He is nearly 8 and loves checking his local beach. He has compared what he found with photos in his kid’s books of fossils. He’s wondered if these are trilobites and crinoids all- the last 2 photos are the same find. He has been asked to show some of his fossils in a special exhibition in the Laing Art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne called “These are Our Treasures “ which will coincide with the display of the Lindisfarne Gospels. He feels quite excited by this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) The first, third and fourth are crinoids. The second is a colonial rugose coral, Siphonodendron junceum, showing some good internal structure. All are from the lower Carboniferous period. No trilobites I'm afraid, though they do turn up sometimes in some Northumberland beds further north so a glacial or drifted erratic is a theoretical possibility at Whitley Bay. Edited June 5, 2022 by TqB 5 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Granny and Aust Posted June 5, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted June 5, 2022 Thank you I will let him and his mum know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Tarquin is right about the IDs. The last pictures shows a cirrus scar on the crinoid pluricolumnal. 2 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Granny and Aust Posted June 6, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted June 6, 2022 (edited) Wow, that is absolutely brilliant thank you so much. It’s really good to learn these things. I will print this and pop it in one of his books Edited June 6, 2022 by Granny and Aust Extra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 @TqB Here is a similar photo of a Siphonodendron junceum taken by you. My question is what produces the siphuncle like look to these corals? I was convinced these were some sort of cephalopod!!! Images: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 2 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: @TqB Here is a similar photo of a Siphonodendron junceum taken by you. My question is what produces the siphuncle like look to these corals? I was convinced these were some sort of cephalopod!!! Images: It's a columella which many rugose corals possess. Just part of the skeleton which is continuous with one or more septa, at least in the earlier stages. It forms a peak to the calice floor. 4 1 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Got it!!! This is from Digital Atlas of Ancient Life, explaining it well. Do Ordovician and Devonian rugosas have this structure, as I have never seen it in my area. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Granny and Aust Posted June 6, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted June 6, 2022 All this is fantastic thank you so much people. I’m up there this coming weekend so will be showing my grandson this feedback and no doubt will be scavenging on the beach again with him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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