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Joe Domjan posted a new specimen in the group Paleo Pics from the myFOSSIL app 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months agoJoe Domjan has contributed specimen mFeM 136700 to myFOSSIL!
Joe Domjan posted a new specimen in the group Paleo Pics from the myFOSSIL app 1 year, 5 months ago
Joe Domjan has contributed specimen mFeM 136700 to myFOSSIL!
coul it be Coprolites ?
john-f It could be fossilised faeces/coprolites based off the texture, however the shape is too bizarre if you ask me, but it could just be a coincidence that they’re shaped that way. Well what do I know?
Please do not post duplicate specimens. I deleted the other copy.
@joe-domjan I have a feeling this is a ghost shrimp burrow!
@mason-hintermeister Do you know what, I really like your creative mindset.
@mason-hintermeister However, this depends on where Ghost Shrimp were native to. If they weren’t located in England, then this may not be possible.
@bill-heim apologies. Ty for the notice.
@joe-domjan I used a bit of a colloquialism, my apologies: Ghost Shrimp Burrows are a common name used by fossil hunters to refer to Ophiomorpha, an ichnogenus of fossilized burrow created by ghost shrimps and ghost shrimp-like crustaceans around the world for around 300 million years. While I haven’t heard of any from Whitby in particular, the environment preserved is the right type. The bumps are actually coprolites or molds of them, feces from the critter itself.
@mason-hintermeister Oh thank you for telling me what they are.