I know nothing about fossils,but is this a tooth?
It's 55mm long & 25mm wide,the whole stone is cylindrical,but split down the middle,
Any ideas please
Any ideas
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Norman_invader
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Any ideas
I found this whilst metal detecting a stubble field,
I know nothing about fossils,but is this a tooth?
It's 55mm long & 25mm wide,the whole stone is cylindrical,but split down the middle,
Any ideas please
I know nothing about fossils,but is this a tooth?
It's 55mm long & 25mm wide,the whole stone is cylindrical,but split down the middle,
Any ideas please
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Spearhead
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Re: Any ideas
It's a Belemnite, a kind of squid. 135 million years old.
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Re: Any ideas
Belemnites were around from the Late Triassic to late Cretaceous spanning 130my, not a bad innings 