Found this fossil several years ago, still unidentified. An interesting and curious find

 Found this tiny fossil several years ago just lying on a gravel path. From first appearances it looks look a possible fossil of an animal skull with upper legs/forelimbs. But then you look at the back of it, instead of a neck and spne, you have a strange branch like structure where the forelimbs attach to. I had no idea what it was, i have asked online, and seems the consensus is its fossilised coral or the mineralised exoskeleton of a colony organism called bryozoa.Here are some pics, coulIMG_20180425_185509610_HDR.jpgIMG_20180425_184603599_HDR.jpg

 

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couldnt upload some of the clearer pics, due to the size. But this fossil could be a case of what you call credulity, ie the minds eye sees what it wants to see, ie,you jump to the conclusion its something it isn't. What do you think?

 

I do have it for sale on ebay, im no expert, so this fossil is kind of wasted on me

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Just love that Petal. Hilarious 🙂 🙂

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