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    Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 9:15pm
Hello all
I was wondering if you could help me put a name to this peice that was in a box with some Trilobites.
The slate is aprox 35cm in length at it's farthest point's with the longest of 3 fossils measuring 23cm.
 
A bit closer picture.
 
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Edited by Tabfish - 01 Jan 2010 at 9:19pm
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Tabfish,

This looks like a Graptolite, e.g. Monograptus.

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Thanks AndyS for the ID - is it worth keeping or can you get bigger/better one's?
 
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I'm no expert on graptolites but 23cm sounds quite big if it is one...
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23cm is big so i would keep it.
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