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Anne Talbot posted a new specimen in the group Beach Fossils from the myFOSSIL app. 1 year, 2 months ago
1 year, 2 months ago1 year, 2 months agoAnne Talbot has contributed specimen mFeM 140808 to myFOSSIL!
Anne Talbot posted a new specimen in the group Beach Fossils from the myFOSSIL app. 1 year, 2 months ago
Anne Talbot has contributed specimen mFeM 140808 to myFOSSIL!
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Lovely fossils @anne-talbot! Could you post some clearer pictures with a scale (coin or ruler)? I think there is two possibilities, they could be a pre-existing rock (what is often called a clast) which got stuck in there, or it could be a coprolite as I have seen commonly from Triassic sites in the UK.
@mason-hintermeister I’ve added some more pictures with a scale. Thank you for your help in identifying my finds!
@anne-talbot no worries! The new pictures cleared things up, it looks like one side of the dark masses has the shell and the other side the steinkern, or internal mold of the shell (the stuff that filled it in after death and hardened into a rock).