the second part in a series started by the paperclip ammonite

this is a very complex Picasso of a rock. All sorts of different rock and mineral layers clashing in different directions. there’s a suspicious looking patch just to the right of that streak of rock across the middle, and it looks like it might be bone. apart from that, this mass is probably mainly rock

bone

bone

they aren’t all the same species of shark on closer view. there seems to be 2 or 3 different shark types there. @bill-heim can help out

@a-trilobite and the whole Walking With series? l just found out it’s way bigger than l thought

@a-trilobite did you watch Dinosaur Planet, Paleoworld, Planet Dinosaur and When Dinosaurs Roamed America?

l agree they weren’t for defence. not only were they too thin, but they also started developing late, when it should be in the young stages of their lives that they need the most protection. More importantly, rach species had a wildly different frill and horn arrangement, which wouldn’t make sense from a defensive point of view in which they would…[Read more]

worm tubes, but not fossil

haha!!! never knew there were TIE fighter-shaped foraminifera!!!

@diamond-holland it’s a piece of bone that l had wondered about a month ago, but l couldn’t identify it. l was showing the user A Trilobite some closer detail as he inquired about it.

maybe. no way of telling so far without a better expert

it’s hard to tell, but l think it’s just rock

l haven’t the faintest idea. just saying that something about it is not 100% right for a crinoid, but l still don’t know what else it could be

l am slightly dubious of its identity as a crinoid. it could be another similar invertebrate

probably rock

no problem at all, @david-powers

sure is strange being a millennial yet l prefer 70s and 80s music instead of earbleeding hiphop and drake and all that stuff l never heard of

@a-trilobite I’ve been there before… millenial music for example… XD