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Hello all
While searching through some drawers recently, in amongst all the 'why the heck did I pick that up' pieces was this little beauty I'd forgotten all about. Found in a bullion (carbonate nodule) from a Carboniferous Namurian age marine band exposure on the moors above the Lancashire town of Bacup. As can be seen it didn't come out easily (this was in my pre airpen days) and is still in need of some time in the fossil hospital but after a session of 'Nautilus jigsaw challenge' its about 90% complete and I'm sure there must be some way of filling and colour matching the gaps that exist. Its very fragile though so might get it done professionally. The strata this comes from consists of largely unfossiliferous gritty sandstones and shales which represent a large delta system but there are several thin shale bands present over a wide area which contain marine fossils - mainly bivalves and goniatites - nautiloids are much rarer. Where present, the bullions often contain 3 dimensionally preserved fossils but are as hard as nails and don't split easily.
Andy
While searching through some drawers recently, in amongst all the 'why the heck did I pick that up' pieces was this little beauty I'd forgotten all about. Found in a bullion (carbonate nodule) from a Carboniferous Namurian age marine band exposure on the moors above the Lancashire town of Bacup. As can be seen it didn't come out easily (this was in my pre airpen days) and is still in need of some time in the fossil hospital but after a session of 'Nautilus jigsaw challenge' its about 90% complete and I'm sure there must be some way of filling and colour matching the gaps that exist. Its very fragile though so might get it done professionally. The strata this comes from consists of largely unfossiliferous gritty sandstones and shales which represent a large delta system but there are several thin shale bands present over a wide area which contain marine fossils - mainly bivalves and goniatites - nautiloids are much rarer. Where present, the bullions often contain 3 dimensionally preserved fossils but are as hard as nails and don't split easily.
Andy