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Primitive amphibian! Very rare for it to be so intact and could be worth thousands! Congratulations!

Thank you, how can you tell? I wasn’t expecting an animal. Slightly concerned now lol, as a complete newbie I had a go at chipping around it. Stopped when I realised I needed to learn more first but not before I chipped a bit. Already gutted over that without added that it might be worth something to that lol.

there are a lot of overly enthusiastic opinions on here, take what anyone says with a grain of salt. What age is the area? If it is something good, you want to take surrounding dirt out with it so it can be properly prepared later. back off what you are doing for at least a few inches and see if you can get it out safely in dirt. hopefully someone will come along and be of more help 😁. I know they will want size and area/age before making any determinations.

thank you, I realised pretty quickly that it’s beyond me getting it out at all at this stage tbh, even ignoring that I went to close. I live in mayenne France and found it in a large boulder behind the house. Looks like it was left when they were building the house, probably where the cut marks came from

I’ve added a new post showing the rock it’s in

Could you say what age the rock is? I researched but no specific species seemed to match, except mabey a baby eyrops, which would be extremely rare and expensive! (But unlikely)

no I wouldn’t know how to judge. I thought it was granite but then I gather you don’t get fossils in granite

Hi, @Margaret-Grubb, this does look very granite-y, in which case, this would not be a fossil, as granite forms in underground chambers. Closer photos of the rock itself would be useful for that determination.

hi Samantha, I’m fairly certain it is. The house is granite and small granite stones are everywhere. But I’ll try and get a good picture of the rock