New Members Nova Nod Posted November 3, 2009 New Members Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hello, I just went fossil hunting for my first time the other day near Trigance, France. I found mostly sea urchins and bivalves. But there were a few unexpected surprises that I'm hoping you guys can ID. They are pretty small fragments, and/or degraded, so maybe just what type of fossil they are and not necessarily what creature they once served would do fine. #1 I was pretty certain that this was some type of coral, but it kind of resembles a hip bone, kinda sorta. #2 A small bone fragment, I think. Looks a bit like a small arm bone. It's about 1cm thick #3 This one looks like a piece of a rib. That would be nice anyway. Thanks for checking these out. I hope you have some good news for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Nova Nod Posted November 3, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted November 3, 2009 Anybody want to negate my assumptions? A simple "no your wrong", would suffice. I have no experience with fossils, or geology. So I'd be thankful for any kind of classification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy784 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I'll take a stab. 1,2,3 coral 4, looks like some sort of nautaloid 5, not sure but probably coral 6,7,8 coral as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Nova Nod Posted November 3, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted November 3, 2009 Well, I got what I asked for. And I am thankful to you. Not sure if you noticed, but I put them into category's. 1,2,3 are the same piece. 4,5 are the same piece. 5 being a broken end. And 6,7,8 are the same piece. I guess they look different because I used flash on some of the photos and not others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 (edited) Welcome to the forum. #1 could be coral or maybe stromatolite, #2, pic1 looks to be a very battered belemnite (going by the 2nd pic), the circular object, pic 2 is the broken end of the belemnite and appears to have part of the phragmocone still in place. #3, infilled, (cast of), a crustacean/worm burrow. Edited November 3, 2009 by Bill KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Nova Nod Posted November 3, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks! Not the greatest finds I'll ever have hopefully. But I gotta start somewhere Thanks for the ID's guys. Next time I'll steer clear of the badly eroded stuff. I'm sure there's a dinosaur out there waiting for me somewhere. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyrules244 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I concur on the identifications we find some of our best stuff where erosion has done all the work for us so dont give up on those spots !!! Especially after a good rain. "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Me as well, on both counts. Much of my collection is coral reef stuff, as this was once Devonian ocean bottom. There is nothing wrong with worm burrows either, I have a few of those around as well. Welcome to the forum, I hope that you enjoy it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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