New Members dazzac Posted September 12 New Members Share Posted September 12 Hi i found the following sample whilst walking on a beach near the village of Mey in Caithness, Scotland. firstly, is it anything fossilised? Secondly if so, can anyone identify it? Thanks in advance Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohler Palaeontology Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 To my understanding, Devonian marine fossils can be found around Caithness, Scotland. Not sure what it is, burrows maybe??? How big is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Looks like a trace fossil such as Lockeia. But could also be a synsedimentary structure of some sort. 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 16 minutes ago, TqB said: Looks like a trace fossil such as Lockeia. But could also be a synsedimentary structure of some sort. I agree, there appears to be more variation in shape than i would expect if it was Lockeia however that could be due to compaction distortion. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members dazzac Posted September 12 Author New Members Share Posted September 12 Thank you for coming back so soon.. the rock sample is around 25-30 cm across and the individual “lumps” are between 10-25mm long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohler Palaeontology Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I think if it is a fossil, it's almost certainly a trace fossil. I would agree with the others, it is probably a track of some type of invertebrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted Thursday at 02:00 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:00 PM These look more like flute casts to me, rather than ichnofossils. 3 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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