fossil_kat Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Hello all. I have yet another fossil that i don't know what it is and need your help yet again to find out. Thanks Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Maybe tube worm tubes? "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...
fossisle Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Teredo bivalve tubes in a chunk of fossilized wood Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_kat Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 It is rather large! lol measures about one foot by half a foot? it is currently sat in my fireplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_alan Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 hi there could it be METHANE EXPULSING CONDUITS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) I agree with Auspex...worm tubes. -Joe Edited June 6, 2011 by Fruitbat Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Fossil_Kat...I'm not 100% sure what it is but its very interesting and has preserved well...Is there a kind of texture I can see on the outside of the tubes?...Might be worth a couple of closeup photo's... Nice find Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_kat Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 The photos were taken on my iphone. lol so i will dig out my camera and get a couple of better pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Very like Teredina bivalve borings, in wood. Very common at Sheppey. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I tend to agree with Bill. At first I also thought Serpula, but the form and structure of the tubes doesn't quite fit the picture. Roger Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_alan Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Good job you replied Alan. Would hate to be in your house if you hadn't. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr. Edonihce Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Wow, that is so strange. I would never have thought of borings in wood. Very cool looking fossils there. Thanks for sharing. . ____________________ scale in avatar is millimeters ____________________ Come visit Sandi, the 'Fossil Journey Cruiser' ____________________ WIPS (the Western Interior Paleontological Society - http://www.westernpaleo.org) ____________________ "Being genetically cursed with an almost inhuman sense of curiosity and wonder, I'm hard-wired to investigate even the most unlikely, uninteresting (to others anyway) and irrelevant details; often asking hypothetical questions from many angles in an attempt to understand something more thoroughly." -- Mr. Edonihce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Hi and my vote is with Bill = Teredina bores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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