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The ghostly impression of a fossilized Goniatite showing in this shoreworn shale pebble. Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Goniatite fossils - the fossilized shells of these ancient relatives of squid and octopus are scattered throughout the shale layers that make up the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Goniatite fossils with the separations between their gas and liquid filled shell chambers showing clearly. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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An almost perfectly centred spiral Goniatite shell fossil, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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320 million year old Goniatite fossils from one of the shale layers that makes up the Cliffs of Moher. The orange colour on this one is likely because of iron oxide (rust) staining. County Clare, Ireland.

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Goniatite fossils erode from this nodule in a variety of orientations - they once swam in great numbers through seas that covered this part of the world. Their modern relatives, Octopus and Squid now take their place. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Ghostly impressions of lives lived long ago - Goniatite fossils in 320 million year old shale. These long extinct relatives of octopus and squid thrived in the ancient ocean that once covered this part of the earths surface. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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A 3D Goniatite fossil, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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The coiled images of ancient Goniatite shells - preserved as fossils over 300 million years ago and, more recently, exposed to the air again by the action of the Atlantic ocean. County Clare, Ireland.

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A fortuitously placed fossil.
A 320 million year old Goniatite fossil, County Clare, Ireland.

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"A Hand-held Galaxy"
tiny spiral Goniatite fossils scattered through this Atlantic stormbeach stone. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Spiralling flotation chambers from the shell of an ancient relative of todays Squid and octopus. A 320 million year old fossil found in the shale layers that make up the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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The Spiralling flotation chambers of a long expired Goniatite (320 million years). You can see the mineral veins where they have crossed and filled in the space in this sedimentary rock that the original creature occupied. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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A 320 million year old fossilized imprint of a Goniatite shell punctuates this pebble. County Clare, Ireland.

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Perfectly preserved shell imprints of long extinct Goniatites - relatives of modern day squid and octopus their shells littered the ancient sea floor that once covered this part of the earths surface. County Clare, Ireland.

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Goniatite fossils see the light of day after being hidden in the shales of the Cliffs of Moher for over 300 million years. A brief appearance before the Atlantic ocean grinds them down to sand and they help form a new sea bed. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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A Goniatite fossil, perfectly positioned in this wee pebble. Although the may look like fossilized snail shells these, long extinct, creatures were actually related to cephalopods like Octopus and Squid. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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300 million year old Goniatite fossils in a nodule fragments, eroded from the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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A Universe of Goniatite galaxies.
Goniatite fossils of varying size scattered throughout this piece of fine grained sedimentary rock. County Clare, Ireland.

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Sea sculpted stone smoothness around this partial Goniatite fossil. County Clare, Ireland.

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