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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.
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Hi all. I have just joined the forum so sorry if I get anything wrong! This fossil is a (I think) Cretoxyrhina shark tooth embedded in a giant ammonite. I found this on Hunstanton cliffs and it is from the Cretaceous deposit of the ferriby chalk formation. I have heard that these kinds of fossil records about prehistoric shark's diets were reasonably rare and can be of scientific interest. I was going to contact the natural history museum of Oxford if it is but couldn't find out how to so I decided to come to you guys first. The tooth is 1cm in length and the ammonite is 38 cm (15 inches). Also if anyone knows how to contact them please do say. Thanks, Harry
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