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She was featured in Women of Malacology's 2005 annual beach-gear edition.ob;93135 said:Magdalena, or the ammonite?![]()
ob;93135 said:Magdalena, or the ammonite?![]()
Clem;93146 said:She was featured in Women of Malacology's 2005 annual beach-gear edition.
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Steve O'Shea;93173 said:You are a naughty lot! Magdalena is my sister!
"I have never seen anything like it before," said Polish-born care worker Magdalana Klag.
Steve O'Shea;93173 said:You are a naughty lot! Magdalena is my sister!
Phil;93239 said:Oh dear, answering my own question immediately.
Yes, it probably is Titanites giganteus or Titanites anguiformis; here are more examples from the same region:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bam2/col-index/fossi-lindex/ammonites/pages/Titanites.htm
and:
Fossils of the Portland Group - by Ian West
Oh dear, if I'd re-read the article properly I would have noted that the thing was found in limestone, not chalk. What makes it worse is that I used to visit Christchurch as I had a good friend who lived there - I should have remembered. Doh!