A fossil i found a few years ago.

[Bez]

It's a concretion with a fossilized crab of some sort in the middle, can't see too much of the crab as it's still in the concretion. I put it on a fossil site early last year and they gave me the ID.

Thought i'd like to share.

 

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Anyways, i know it's only a crab. But hope you enjoy!

 

[Colin&Lee]

Thanks for sharing Bez, any idea on the age?

Cheers

C&L

 

[Nugget]

That's a pretty cool find Bez, even for a Crab

Nugget.

 

[Bez]

to be honest, i really have no idea. But i imagine it would be very old lol

 

[HeadsUp]

shows how attentive you have to be.

bet the crab would be rapt that someone cared about him . looks like he had a bit of a wait though

 

[Bez]

Thanks, nugget!

 

[Bez]

Haha, the crab would be pretty happy where ever his/her little soul is!

 

[headbut]

Nice one Bez

 

[Paleoworld-101]

That's a nice crab, Bez. Where was it found? I'm sure you could deduce its age by looking at a geological map of your local area.

 

[Bez]

Nice one Bez

Thanks mate!

That's a nice crab, Bez. Where was it found? I'm sure you could deduce its age by looking at a geological map of your local area.

I found it in about a foot of water in the ocean. I have looked at geological maps from the area, the rocks are from the cretaceous period. But being a concretion, who knows when it actually formed, but the actual fossil is indeed as hard as rock. So It's got to be very old. So who knows, could be 80 million years old, or could be only a thousand.. though I'm not even sure how long it takes for a fossil to.. well you know.. become a fossil. Would be awesome if it was a million years or older!!!

 

[heathbarber]

nice find!