Brachiopod fossils, in shale. Certain shale layers in the Cliffs of Moher and some of the limestone layers in the Burren are packed with the fossilized remains of these ancient shellfish.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Goniatite fossils, studded throughout this piece of Carboniferous era shale.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A perfectly positioned Goniatite fossil - like a Superhero symbol in stone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Shooting stars, spiraling galaxies and spinning planets.
A shore-stone packed with Goniatite fossils of various sizes and orientations. Just a small sample of the shells that littered the ocean floor here over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Partial Goniatite fossils, of various sizes, eroding from this concretion chunk.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Goniatite fossil in a dark shale concretion.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A spiral in stone - the fossilized remains of a Goniatite shell. Ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus that lived in the tropical sea that covered this area over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Fossilized Goniatite galaxies spiraling through the deep space of a dark sedimentary stone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A fossilized Goniatite shell emerging from seaworn shore stone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Goniatite fossil - with the internal chambers of its shell revealed in cross section.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A beautiful pair of Solitary Rugose Coral fossils.
Eroded into perfect cross-sections, you can see their internal structures.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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A scattering of fossilized Crinoid stems and segments. Arranged as they lay on an ancient sea bed over 300 million years ago.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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Pieces of fossilized Bryozoan sea mats, like fine lace netting.
Despite their delicate appearance, they have managed to survive intact in these rock layers for over 300 million years.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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A pair of fossilized Crinoid stems.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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Fossilized Solitary Rugose Coral with some fossil Crinoid segments scattered around it.
These are Carboniferous era marine fossils, deposited here over 300 million years ago.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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A colonial coral fossil and a Solitary Rugose Coral in the one shore tumbled stone.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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A sea smoothed ball of Goniatite fossils.
The shells of ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus that swam the seas over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A dark shale nodule studded through with white Goniatite fossils.
Their shells once lay scattered across the sea floor that covered this area 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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It might look like a big sharks tooth, but it's actually a piece of limestone topped with a pointy chunk of fossilized communal Coral.
Remnants of the tropical sea bed that covered this area over 320 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A worried looking cluster of Goniatite fossils. 😯
County Clare, Ireland.
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