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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@mason-hintermeister If you happen to have any speculation, what kind of “fish bit” would you distinguish this as – Could be the fish type or area of the fish?
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@mason-hintermeister I’ll keep that in mind, thanks again, and good luck to you on your fossil hunts as well
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@mason-hintermeister Echinoid spine looks very similar in comparison so could be a possibility. A shape like this makes me feel that it cannot be coincidentally shaped like a bone to be a spine however. I am not an expert, I am curious if there is any way to clarify that it is a fossil and not wood.
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@mason-hintermeister Okay, thanks for the word of advice
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@mason-hintermeister any suggestions as to what the material on the left side could be by that print that’s there?
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 2 months, 1 week ago
2 months, 1 week ago2 months, 1 week ago@lynette-luff Thank you, I have no idea about identifying fossils. Have you got any tips, even if it is to do with either bone structure appearances or identifying time periods?
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 2 months, 1 week ago
2 months, 1 week ago2 months, 1 week ago@lynette-luff Wow, thank you for informing me on what it could be. I didn’t know about this clay technique, it sounds very simple but also very easy to mess up though, I’m far from professional in the extraction practices, as you can see on the right I tried to narrow the stone down a bit by chipping away with my hammer, but I felt it was too risky.
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Joe Domjan posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 months, 1 week ago
2 months, 1 week ago2 months, 1 week agoJoe Domjan has contributed specimen mFeM 160263 to myFOSSIL!
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Joe Domjan posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 months, 1 week ago
2 months, 1 week ago2 months, 1 week agoNo idea. Found this in Whitby, Yorkshire, UK. Have a feeling that its some sort of bone fossil but I don’t know. #fossil
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It does look like bone. Id like to make a suggestion. Make use of some plasticine clay or perhaps funny putty. It looks like the hollows may be what is left after the bone has fallen out. Ive a beautiful sample where more than 80% of the bone had weathered away. What a delight to press the clay an and upon pulling it out I even found a small row…[Read more]
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@lynette-luff Wow, thank you for informing me on what it could be. I didn’t know about this clay technique, it sounds very simple but also very easy to mess up though, I’m far from professional in the extraction practices, as you can see on the right I tried to narrow the stone down a bit by chipping away with my hammer, but I felt it was too risky.
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Unfortunately I do not see any fossils in this stone, but keep looking, you are in the right place!
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@mason-hintermeister any suggestions as to what the material on the left side could be by that print that’s there?
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@joe-domjan it could have been a fossil at some point if so it’s distinguishing features have worn away. Otherwise, its likely a mineral inclusion or a clast. It looks like some of it might continue below a natural cleavage mark, a few gentle taps with a hammer and chisel might reveal more
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@mason-hintermeister Okay, thanks for the word of advice
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@joe-domjan No worries, best of luck and happy fossil hunting! Btw I am an intern for the myFOSSIL project, so always feel free to tag me with any fossil related questions
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@mason-hintermeister I’ll keep that in mind, thanks again, and good luck to you on your fossil hunts as well
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months ago@mason-hintermeister Oh thank you for telling me what they are.
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months ago@bill-heim apologies. Ty for the notice.
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months ago@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.
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months ago@mason-hintermeister Do you know what, I really like your creative mindset.
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Joe Domjan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months agojohn-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?
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1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months agoJoe Domjan has contributed specimen mFeM 136700 to myFOSSIL!
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coul it be Coprolites ?
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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?
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Please do not post duplicate specimens. I deleted the other copy.
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@joe-domjan I have a feeling this is a ghost shrimp burrow!
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@mason-hintermeister Do you know what, I really like your creative mindset.
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@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.
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@bill-heim apologies. Ty for the notice.
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@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…[Read more]
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@mason-hintermeister Oh thank you for telling me what they are.
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This looks to be bone. It could be part of a rib? It is tiny.
@lynette-luff Thank you, I have no idea about identifying fossils. Have you got any tips, even if it is to do with either bone structure appearances or identifying time periods?
Ive learned there is a technique called the tongue test . I kid you not. Apparently this us a rite of passage for us fossil hunters. You taste the fossil. If it sticks to your tongue it is a fossil. If it diesnt
@lynette-luff the tongue test is a bit of an urban myth in paleontology! While it certainly works sometimes for fossil bone specifically due to it’s porosity, there are many instances fossil bone won’t stick and many instances in which non-fossils will stick so it is very unreliable. It also is perhaps not the most hygienic thing to be doing, so I…[Read more]
@joe-domjan Fossils from Whitby are from the upper triassic to early jurassic if memory serves. I have not seen many of this color from there, they tend to be jet black, though I am not an expert on fossils from the site. My first reaction was echinoid spine, though it could be a fish bit as well.
@mason-hintermeister Echinoid spine looks very similar in comparison so could be a possibility. A shape like this makes me feel that it cannot be coincidentally shaped like a bone to be a spine however. I am not an expert, I am curious if there is any way to clarify that it is a fossil and not wood.
@mason-hintermeister If you happen to have any speculation, what kind of “fish bit” would you distinguish this as – Could be the fish type or area of the fish?
@joe-domjan In the fossil deposits, it is not unusual to find fish pectoral spines of similar shape, however I am unfamiliar with Jurassic fish so I can’t say if they have similar structures. I have some fish material from Whitby at home, nothing directly comparable. Fish bones are more or less the only type of vertebrate material of which I am…[Read more]
Joe apologies for the tongue test thing. I am thankful to Mason for his insight, so I dont perpetuate false information. Hehe, did I fall for it or what?
So I went back and used masonhinterw
I looked at some images using @masonhintermeisters suggestion. Echinoid spines did not match. Check out fossil Catfish spines.
Maybe rib?