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Post by ianr on Oct 8, 2018 10:22:47 GMT
Picked these up off the boys driveway took 2 mins he told me the local kids have had all the good ones  ian  devil's toenails by ian robinson, on Flickr |
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Post by duncan74 on Oct 8, 2018 15:35:59 GMT
I like them Ian, never seen them before, I looked up "devils toenails" and found out that they are a type of Oyster shell known as Gryphaea,possibly arcuata and is found in Blue lias formations which were laid down in latest Triassic and early Jurassic times and occur around Lyme Regis, Warwick shire (from Bore holes) to Mendip area and South Wales,
Duncan
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Post by ianr on Oct 9, 2018 10:15:24 GMT
I'm sure we see them on the beaches here in Lincolnshire but mainly on peoples driveways I remember when they put a cut in for part of the bypass we found dozens of what we called crocodile teeth but later found out they were Belemnites a type of squid  and an old darting friend of mine used to be a manager of a local gravel workings told me mammoth teeth, tusk and other bits were a regular find, couldn't talk him into bringing me one though  ian |
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