Is this a fossil

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I found this small pebble in north of UK, don't remember exactly where. Thought it is a coral fossil in limestone. I tumbled it. Today I had a look under microscope, it looks like a bug to me? Any advise? Many thanks.
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Very cool. It looks like a bunch of fossilized little creatures.
 

Very cool. It looks like a bunch of fossilized little creatures.
Hello, it appears to be a trilobite.

Trilobite. For the Eumetazoan phylum, see Trilobozoa. Trilobites ( / ˈtraɪləˌbaɪts, ˈtrɪlə -/; [4] [5] [6] meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods.

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LUE-Hawn
 

I would say yes.i found a plethora of fossils along the coast of the North Sea in Yorkshire. None exactly like yours. That is a nice presentation.
 

Hello, it appears to be a trilobite.

Trilobite. For the Eumetazoan phylum, see Trilobozoa. Trilobites ( / ˈtraɪləˌbaɪts, ˈtrɪlə -/; [4] [5] [6] meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods.

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LUE-Hawn
Thanks so much!
 

Those are not trilobites, I'm afraid. The structures are typically
Hello, it appears to be a trilobite.

Trilobite. For the Eumetazoan phylum, see Trilobozoa. Trilobites ( / ˈtraɪləˌbaɪts, ˈtrɪlə -/; [4] [5] [6] meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods.

Cheers

LUE-Hawn

Thanks so much!

Sorry but I don't see anything there which is consistent with trilobite anatomy (of any genus). Cool specimen.

The structures appear to be typically coralline to me.
 

I found this small pebble in north of UK, don't remember exactly where. Thought it is a coral fossil in limestone. I tumbled it. Today I had a look under microscope, it looks like a bug to me? Any advise? Many thanks.
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They look like Diatoms to me.
 

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