Collected the #bivalve Bositra buchii for #molluscmonday only a few millimetres across I find them really fascinating. It was proposed that they were bysally attached to floating organic matter the so-called "pendant" life habit. An abundant species found at many horizons within the Oxford Clay.

Picked up another aesthetic crushed shell in shale Kosmo eras #ammonite from the Callovian ( Middle Jurassic ) for #molluscmonday with bositra buchi #bivalves nestled beside it.

On January 20th 2021, Joe Davis discovered something unusual at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve. Bringing in #palaeontologist Mark Evans #OTD 2021 who photographed the first photos of what we now know as the #rutlandseadragon must have been an incredible moment.

#fossils and fresh air, picking up crushed flat pyritised #Kosmoceras #ammonites - an extinct marine #mollusc that has now been replaced by iron pyrite.

Historical fossil collections are fascinating,I'll be researching additional provenance in 2025 on this one. As those labeled N B Co pit (Northam Brickworks) are of particular interest. As Alfred Leeds one of history's greatest #palaeontologists discovered many #fossils from this pit #fossilfriday

#fossil #ThrowbackThursday with some stunning on display in the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery's #jurassic #marinereptile gallery. Associated #ichthyosaur vertebrae found and donated by a fellow #museumvolunteer rescuing / supporting local #Palaeontological heritage.
Good work Ivor ⚒️

Kosmoceras for #molluscmonday the most abundant Peterborough Formation #ammonite Each species shows dimorphism (probably male/female) This tiny specimen is adorned with lappets at its aperture, and is thought to be male. Crushed flat in fissile shales dried nicely in my shed 🙂

Show your #fossil worm tubes for #serpulidsaturday always picking up these calcerous tubes from the Jurassic marine worm Genicularia vertebralis to give away.

#Gryphaea (Bilobissa) dilobotes #fossils huddled up after a fresh split on some Oxford Clay shales for #molluscmonday

Yes, very cool. I often find Bison teeth from gravel quarries. Prepped this tooth from the Ipswichian stage. I believe the blue color is leeched into the tooth from mineralisation and associated with Vivianite and dentin.

Fantastic, I also like to collect #coprolites . I found a fish one last week, from the Peterborough Formation. Spotted a small vertebra inside.

Dr Michael Oates retired #geologist fellow @geolsoc.bsky.social lifelong enthusiasm for ammonites would say while we excavated the #scunthorpepliosaur "rescue these ammonites they're a really good indicator for biostratigrahy."Tricky when surrounded by #pliosaur verts.We rescued many #fossilfriday

My first #molluscmonday post, peeling away Oxford Clay fissil shales to reveal Kosmoceras #ammonites #molluskmonday

An incredible achievement for #fossilfriday, over a year's worth of planning from start to finish. And now all the surrounding communities and of course the people of Rutland County can come and see this exciting #pterosaur bone discovery.
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