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Hi again. Last weekend I took a trip to Old Hunstanton to check out the amazing contrast of formation cliffs and with hopes of finding some nice fossils. The cliffs are made up of three layers the lowest rusty brown colour is the Carstone Formation of the Early Cretaceous Albion Stage. The band through the middle is a bright red colour known as the Hunstanton Formation also Early Cretaceous Albion Stage. The top layer is the white Ferriby Chalk Formation from the Late Cretaceous Cenomanian Stage. What a contrast! These cliffs feel much safer to walk below unlike Charmouth or Lyme Regis. The material is very solid and the white layer doesn't erode quickly. It wasn't the place for looking for fossils that the sea had washed out. It is also a very shelly beach, so my eye was struggling to pick out fossil shapes with all the broken shells everywhere. I did find some interesting looking things in the large chunks. This rock was a good meter across, so I couldn't collect it. It contains a lot of shells, belemnites and possibly sponges, but please correct me, as I don't really know a thing. Then this nice piece with lots of small pieces. Sorry I forgot to take a ruler with me. I did find some carriable promising rocks. I've brought this lot home with me for some practice prepping. Does anyone have any idea of what I might find in any of these rocks? Where would be a good place to start? I'm using a dremel 290. Thanks, Jes.

Mostly my finds from Hunstanton are readily intelligible, but these are some I'm struggling with. Red rock: Hunstanton Formation, Cretaceous, Albian Stage White rock: Ferriby Chalk Formation, Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage The first are two mysteries from the Hunstanton Formation. As always, any help is greatly appreciated!

Hello I’m wondering if you can help in perhaps identifying this specimen from Hunstanton I collected. I’m sure it’s bony fish so ? Class Osteichthyes . I think it’s possibly a tooth with associated bony material from the jaw. The specimen > is 14 mm x 13 . Scale included in photos. possibly a palatine fang from Enchodus or suchlike ? It’s from the Ferriby chalk at Hunstanton, collected from the Cenomanian, Totternhoe stone , Upper Cretaceous . The zone is difficult to be positive about as the specimen was collected from a loose block at beach level. So possibly either A. rhotomagense or if from the upper part of the Totternhoe stone A. jukesbrownei . The photos are the best I can manage with my limited equipment. Best Wishes Steven Bowerman

This tooth is around 99 Myo but I am not sure about the species and any advice or IDs would be greatly appreciated. It was from Hunstanton cliffs in the ferriby chalk formation. It was found in very close proximity to a giant ammonite if it helps. It is about 1cm

Hi all, I was hoping for some help with this. Is it a fossil? It’s quite worn so I’m not expecting a detailed ID but some suggestions would be fantastic. I found it at Hunstanton which is chalk or Cretaceous age. I’ve also found lots of brachiopods and echinoids at this locality.

I spent the day at Old Hunstanton, and these are mostly from the Hunstanton formation, with one from the Ferriby Chalk formation. These are the ones that stumped me, but thought were worth picking up. I found belemnites and brachiopods but sadly no echinoids or crinoids. 108-99 mya.

this is my most prized fossil i found it on the same fossil dig as the six gill sharks tooth it is quite possibly the remains of mosasaurus gracilis the british mosasaur a 15.1 meter long mosasaur although not as big as mosasaurus hoffmannii. making mosasaurus gracilis the third largest mosasaur

this is my six gill shark tooth i found at hunstanton it is very small but im quite impressed i found it on a fossil dig there with the place i work at