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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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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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Solitary Rugose Coral fossils from the Carboniferous period (over 300 million years ago), County Donegal, 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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A tiny fossil bivalve.
County Donegal, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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What I think are fossilized pieces of Crinoid Calyx's.
County Donegal, Ireland.

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Stephen · @AnCaoladoir
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A fossil found on Silver Strand, County Galway. @Cormac_McGinley Do you know what this might be, a goniatite perhaps?

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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An assortment of Bryozoan fossils from the Carboniferous period (over 300 million years ago). County Donegal, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Part of a fossilized Crinoid stem and a Solitary Coral side by side. Deposited there by water currents/Sea movement over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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A fossilized jumble of marine creature body parts - mostly Crinoids and Bryozoans with some other bits mixed in. County Donegal, 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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A Space Pebble! Goniatite fossils in sea polished shale. 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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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Fossilized Solitary Rugose Coral, County Donegal, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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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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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Wonderfully detailed Carboniferous Crinoid fossil segments exposed along the shoreline, County Donegal, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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Fossilized Crinoid fragments from beneath the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
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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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