Osmington Mills- What Fossils can be found?

What Fossils can you find at Osmington Mills?

(Trigonia Clavellata Formation, The Red Bed) - 2000

The exceptional section of Corallian here contains many fossils, mostly trace fossils including Spongeliomorpha. Concretion blocks which are derived from the Upper Greensand and Gault, contain oysters, serpulids and echinoids, the ammonite Hoplites and other derived fossils. These are mainly along the beach below Black Head.

Walking East, once the Preston Grit is reached, bivalves of pleuromya, Gryphaea and Myophorella hudlestoni can be found. This is near to the small waterfall. Occasionally trace fossil Diplocraterion parallelum can be found.

The Middle White Oolite is crowded with the trace fossil Arenicolites variabilis which leads onto the Trigonia beds. Many fallen blocks contain the shell, Myophorella clavellata.

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