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Fossil from shoreline

Shrubz · 2012-05-04 18:19:53

Hello I found this great fossil on the shoreline in Kerry and was wondering if anybody knows anything about it? Im pretty sure it is limestone. Thanks Paul

04-05-2012 6:19pm

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Shrubz

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Hello

I found this great fossil on the shoreline in Kerry and was wondering if anybody knows anything about it? Im pretty sure it is limestone.
Thanks
Paul

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#2 05-05-2012 1:57pm

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Looks like an ammonite to me.

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#3 06-05-2012 5:12pm

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I think it is an amonite too. (or it may be a danish pastry as served by British rail )

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#4 07-05-2012 5:02pm

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Dont know if it is an amonite, it might be a gastropod.

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#5 07-05-2012 5:18pm

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Good call. It does have that outward curl not normally associated with ammonites.

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