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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago3 years, 9 months agoRebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 3 years, 9 months ago
Rebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi there @rebecca-oloughlin, very cool find! Do you have specifics about the site where it was found? That can help narrow down the geochron and the ID. Uploading photos of this specimen with a numerical scale can help as well!
Mackenzie, do you mean a picture next to a ruler? The specimen was found at the beach about 10 minutes west from Yeats grave. The beach doesn’t have a name on the map, but it’s pretty much right there.
Something like Chinese writing stone-
Varsha-Rai, I do see the resemblance, thank you for the ideas. I just had a lot of fun researching Chinese writing stones. Chinese writing stones are not around Sligo, at least I could find out, though. Coral fossils, however, are in abundance.
Also, you sparked some keywords for me that helped me identify the fossil. So glad to have the info!
I have a specimen almost exactly like this, from Shanklin iow. I think it is a worm burrow fossil.
Or Are you referring to another one of my fossils? The one that looks like a worm tube? Crazily enough, it’s actually a worm snail shell, and you can tell this by the fact that it has three layers and shiny on the inside. The worm tube is dull on the inside and made of only two layers…
no I mean this one but them shells are weird!
I might be wrong though
It’s an interesting suggestion, but the fossil resembles the Syringopora that are found in abundance in Sligo. I’m not seeing worm burrows that look like mine, which seems too uniform. I’ll have to check out your fossil if you have it posted.
I’ll post it soon pls help me identify!!!!!!!!
when I post
Thanks for your confidence in me, but I am very amateur when it comes to fossils. I do love them though, they are both fascinating and beautiful. I look forward to seeing your specimens!
don’t worry I’ve Been hunting for a little while but I’m still an ameatuer. I love fossils and I always try to find out more about them too mainly from books
Looks like an concretion, basically rock incased in rock; formed often during volcanic explosions.
Very hard igneous