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What Fossils can you find at St Monans?


(Crinoid pieces weathering out of the rock) - 2007

The most common fossils found at this location are the crinoid pieces to be observed in the rock layers at the top of the beach, beyond the windmill. Within these layers a few brachiopods and coral fossils can also be found. Above them, in places, bedding planes on freshly exposed sandstone layers are packed with trace fossils.

Further on from the area where the rocks containing the crinoid fossils outcrop is a layer of white limestone that is absolutely packed with Lithostrotion junceum coral fossils.




(Limestone layer packed with corals) - 2007


(Rolled stone with crinoid stem parts) - 2007


Trace fossil on surface of sandstone block


Trace fossils on sandstone bedding plane

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Images, Graphics & Content - (C)opyright 2007 Joe Shimmin
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