What could this be?

[0dinofthenorth]

I found this on a beach on the Isle of Wight. I'm not sure if it is a fossil or not, but it does have a tiny fossil shell imprint. Does anyone know what it could be? Please help! ???

[Frederik]

Very difficult to say from these pictures (and maybe from any picture!), but 'weathered sponge' comes to mind as a possibility.

Some constructive criticism: Try to work on your your technique on taking pictures: all of them are focussed on the background. A good start is to take your fossils outside for the picture, it's not because your eyes adapt easily to the lack of light indoor, that your camera does. Also imho, your fossils are a little to close to your camera. Always better to take a sharp picture and crop, instead of posting a load of blurry pictures.

[0dinofthenorth]

Sorry about the images, these are some of my first shots, so I'm not so used to it. I hope these images are a little bit better.

[Editted by 0dinofthenorth on 08-09-2010 at 17:22 GMT +1]

[Frederik]

These are better! If only you would crop them a little they would be perfect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropping_(image)

Anyhow, I'm not sure it will be easy to tell you more about this piece.

[0dinofthenorth]

I've managed to crop the Images; I hope this is exactly what you want.

[Editted by 0dinofthenorth on 08-09-2010 at 20:53 GMT +1]

[stern]

I think it is from a crab, it is hole.
Perhaps

[0dinofthenorth]

Hi, do you mean the crab itself or a burrow?

[0dinofthenorth]

stern wrote:
I think it is from a crab, it is hole.
Perhaps

Thank you, I think it is a burrow of some sort.

[0dinofthenorth]

Thanks, I think it is one of these: http://fossilsofnj.com/invertebrates/ghost_shrimp.htm and http://petrifiedwoodmuseum.org/TraceFossils.htm