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One of my recent finds from amongst the rocks on Ringstead Bay....
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I think Trigonia
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Hello Joy, I think it's Laevitrigonia sp. Is it from the Portlandian? I don't know Ringstead are very well!
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Its a trig corallion bad spelling sorry
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Thanks AlbianPhil and Colin
I am afraid my geology is not up to the scratch, so sorry for not knowing if it is Portlandian. If it makes any sense, I found it at the rocky end of the beach with large flat step-like rocks. I posted an in situ picture of another of these on the in situ thread if that helps.
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Here is a different one, the matrix is greenish and speckled.
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Hi Joydip
That looks like a Neithea gibbosa from the upper greensand.
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Thanks Bob
Thanks Andy
There were many giant fossil oysters, worm tubes and coral (I think) in the clay.
Hope to post some more photos soon.
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I found Ringstead quite disappointing, we only collected a few giant oysters and that was it, looks like you already did better than us, what did you make of the place?
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Hi Dave
My experience was similar. Although I found a bit more than those ubiquitous oysters, I wasn't impressed. I had hoped to find at least one ammonite in the Kimmeridge clay, but was disappointed.
Will post photos of the other finds soon, unfortunately very averageUnhappy
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Joydip I think it's Myophorella -  see pictures on google - it's very similar to your example
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I agree with the first being Myophorella sp. See www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/ click on Osmington fossils

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Hi
Thank you both for the id. Thanks Bill for the link to the Osmington fossils pictorial chart.Smile
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Here's one of the 'giant' oysters from the clay at Ringstead Bay.
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Nice, you may know already but the species of the oyster is Deltoideum delta.
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Yep, D. delta as Dave said. I have a couple with articulated valves from Bowleaze Cove.
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Dont know about you Bill but the Bowleaze Cove ones felt a little more robust to me, like they were slightly less likely to fall apart.
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I agree they're very robust Dave, but can't comment on the ones at Ringstead, never collected there. Though Joydip's specimen looks pretty good.

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Having been to both locations id say the Ringstead ones are bigger but are also much more likely to just fall apart. JD, have you ever been to Bowleaze Cove?
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Hi Dave
I haven't been to Bowleaze Cove yet. Are there many interesting finds to be found there including Deltoideum ?
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