Jurassic Coast, England
Jurassic Coast England
In 2019 I got to go fossil hunting in England for the first time. I had been there in years past, but never fossil hunting! So this trip I was determined to make it down south to the "Jurassic Coast" (which is actually Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous). We stayed in the little town of Weymouth and went on a guided fossil hunt with the knowledgeable and entertaining Adrian Davies. With his help, I found an AMAZING amount of great stuff with his trained eye guidance! Pyrite and Limonite Ammonites and belemnites were the most common with some other treats thrown in..... These are all from the Jurassic era Oxford Clay Formation in Weymouth.
Pyrite Ammonite Quenstedtoceras sp.
Size 1 inch
Limonite Ammonite Quenstedtoceras sp.
Size 1/2 inch
Limonite Ammonite Quenstedtoceras sp.
Size 1/2 inch
Crinoid Column Fragments
Size 1/4 inch
Crinoid Chariocrinus aff. wuertembergicus
Size 1/4 inch
Crinoid Isocrinus nicoleti
Size 1/4 inch
Unknown - Possibly Sponge
Size 1 inch
Pyrite Gastropod
Size 1/8 inch
Belemnite Phragmocone
Size 1 1/2 inch
Belemnite
Size 1 inch
Belemnite
Size 1 1/2 inch
Belemnite
Size 1 inch
Bone Fragment
Size 3 inches
Belemnites
Ammonites
I also got to visit another site inland in Cambridgeshire. This was actually prior to visiting the Coast so my finds were exciting because it was truly on my own, but addmitedly not as "good" a hunting as on the Jurassic Coast! But I found the biggest belemnite here! Also Oxford Clay Formation
Belemnite
Size 2 inches
Serpulid Worm Genicularia vertebralis
Size 1/2 inch
Serpulid Worm Genicularia vertebralis
Size 1/4 inch
Brachiopod
Size 1 inch
Cephalopod
From a different site (riverbank) that I do not know the formation.
Size 1 inch
A chilly Fossil Hunt on the Jurassic Coast
