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Keith Hughes posted a new specimen in the group Beach Fossils from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 5 months ago
2 years, 5 months ago2 years, 5 months agoKeith Hughes has contributed specimen mFeM 113336 to myFOSSIL!
Keith Hughes posted a new specimen in the group Beach Fossils from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 5 months ago
Keith Hughes has contributed specimen mFeM 113336 to myFOSSIL!
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It looks like a cross section of an orthacone, but the picture is dark so it’s hard to make out details
Thanks! I have added another photo hope that helps
The lighting in the second photo is much better, now it looks like it’s a fern of some kind. Do you know if the area you found it in is a land or marine deposit? And what era it’s from?
It is from a place on the North East coast of Scotland . I got this from the National History Museum
Fossils from rocks formed on land 433.4 to 423.6 million years ago.
Geology: Silurian, Wenlock–Ludlow, Carron Sandstone Formation – Sandstone, 433.4–423.6 million years ago
These sedimentary rocks are fluvial in origin. They are detrital, ranging from coarse- to fine-grained and form beds and lenses of deposits reflecting the channels, flo…[Read more]
Silurian is too old to be a fern, so that’s not it. It’s probably not a land plant because they were very small, simple, and rare. This is probably some kind of underwater plant, but I could be wrong. If it came from a museum, did it have some kind of identification? Or maybe similar specimens in the museum?
It didn’t come from a museum- we found it on the beach so we are stumped as to what it could be
If there is a local museum you could ask them about it or check their collection for a similar specimen, I honestly don’t know what this is but it’s probably some kind of plant
Thanks for all your help !
@keith-hughes-2 @a-trilobite I don’t see any veins that would make me think leaf. Could it have been transported long distance by the ocean? I’m not as familiar with the rocks in Aberdeenshire though you are close to the Rhynie Chert. I’ve done some collecting down in Aberlady and Queensferry.
@keith-hughes-2 I do not know of any active paleobotanists or invertebrate paleontologists but I would recommend the National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh), Kelingrove (Glasgow) or the Huntington Museum (Glasgow). I’m afraid any other museum would lack a specialist.
*Kelvingrove