Mystery Object 3

[skorpion]

Hi

This is one half of a nodule which I found at Runswick Bay, Near Whitby, England.
The object is in the bottom right of the nodule pic.
The other pic is a blowup.

Could this be a fossil?
I thought that it might be a Brachiopod.

Pete

[Frederik]

it\'s a fossil all right. Possibly brachiopod, otherwise a bivalve.

[skorpion]

Hi Frederick

Thanks for your comments.

It looks like I will have to retain a Mystery Objects page on my website.

Pete

[skorpion]

Hi Folks

Yet another object.

Please work your usual magic.

This is the other half of the nodule from Runswick Bay.

Could this be a Belemnite?

Pete

[skorpion]

Hi Folks

I\'ve been told that this could well be a pair of belemnites presented in longitudinal section due to heavy erosion of the nodule.

???

Pete

[KarelS]

Pete,

indeed they are belemnites.
Here\'s similar sectionview from Solnhofen nicely pollished http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... S%26sa%3DN

Charles

[skorpion]

HI Charles

Thanks for that.

I\'m thinking about splitting the nodule again but I am afraid of damaging the existing fossils.

Pete

[KarelS]

skorpion schreef:
I\'m thinking about splitting the nodule again but I am afraid of damaging the existing fossils.

Pete,

I wouldn\'t do that if i were you, you could end up with \"nothing\". The nodule looks very solid to me, so extracting fossils from it without damaging them could be very difficult i guess...

Charles

[Bewerkt door KarelS op 10-07-2007 om 18:08 NL]

[skorpion]

Hi Charles

You are absolutely right, the nodule is very hard.
I have decided not to touch it and look for more similar ones next time I\'m in Runswick Bay.

Under a magnifying lense, the nodule appears to be full of small fossil fragments.

Thanks for the advice

Pete

[Martijnfossielenjager]

Object 1 looks like a Mimachlamys Varia to me.