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Whilst visiting my family in England last month, I and my younger daughter Deanne who traveled with me, were fortunate to be driven to Old Hunstanton for two exciting hours of exploring the striking cliffs there.

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It was a lovely sunny day and right off we met a student who was studying Paleontology who was kind enough to show us the ledge where belemnites could be found.

 

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It was a bit of a climb for this old lady with a mending broken femur, but I was not going to miss this chance!

 The ledge was in the Hunstanton formation which is Early Cretaceous (Albian stage). We were thrilled to find a number of belemnite guards, some broken, (Neohibolites minimus).

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The rest of our short stay was spent searching the fallen boulders where I found this brachiopod in the Ferriby Chalk Formation which is Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian Stage).

 

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All too soon we had to leave, but what a wonderful two hours!

 

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 As usual, Julianna is doing her great work with the pics.

I would appreciate help with these two IDs, please.  Are these burrows? Thalassinoides crustacean burrows have been found there.

 

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Awesome trip! Too bad I'm across the Atlantic from there... :megalodon_broken01:

 

As for IDs, I won't be that much of a help, as I'm still (still!) learning the ropes. Good luck with them! :D

 

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Beautiful pics Jill, thanks for sharing:)

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Amazing finds, looks like it was worth the difficulty of getting to them! I'd agree that those ones you thought were burrows are ichnofossils, and that shrimp are a good bet for their creators.

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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Thank you Jeff and thank you WhodamanHD yes it was worth the climb!

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Interesting location and nice report!

 

How common are the shark teeth at this site (read about them on uk fossils.com)?

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Thanks Tony, we certainly did have an enjoyable time even though it was short!

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Paleoworld-101   Thank you.   Shark teeth can be found but are not that common.

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15 hours ago, DE&i said:

Great report @Ancient Bones I'm visiting the same location next Sunday. We shall have a local guide with us who knows the fauna very well. I'll run your finds by him if you like.

 

http://www.stamfordgeolsoc.org/event/hunstanton-trip/

Thank you D&E&i , I hope you have great hunting at this awesome site . I would appreciate you showing the guide my finds,he might be able to ID the tiny one. Looking forward to seeing your finds!   Jill

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On 7/23/2017 at 6:16 PM, Ancient Bones said:

 

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Hi Jill!

 

Could this specimen be a solitary scleractinian coral?  These types of corals did exist in the Cretaceous, I believe...

 

Monica

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23 hours ago, Monica said:

 

Hi Jill!

 

Could this specimen be a solitary scleractinian coral?  These types of corals did exist in the Cretaceous, I believe...

 

Monica

Monica that might very well be it , I am hoping for confirmation . Thank you.   Jill

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10 hours ago, Ancient Bones said:

Monica that might very well be it , I am hoping for confirmation . Thank you.   Jill

My pleasure, Jill!

Happy hunting!

Monica

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That's a place I've not been to but have wanted too. Looks like you had a great day out with nice finds. love the general photos of the area and as always you photograph your finds superbly. 

John

 

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Thanks John, I hope you can visit Old Hunstanton some day, spectacular cliff !  I sent my finds to Julianna ( daughter) who made the great pics.     Jill

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