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Here is a limestone rock that we found in a loose shale slab and opened up on the beach with our geology hammer 🏝🌊 The surrounding shale is softer than the limestone and is easily removed. Inside was a beautiful Dactylioceras ammonite from the Jurassic along with a belemnite (fossil squid) 😍🦑 This ammonite is around 180 Million Years Old 💀 If you would like an ammonite rock to crack open, please message us directly on yorkshire fossils or visit our website yorkshirefossils.NET for nodule bu

Here is a naturally spherical stone that we found! It was in a loose shale slab after falling from the cliff onto the beach... Once extracted we opened it up with our hammer… Inside the nodule, some stunning eleganticeras ammonites along with some small bivalve shell fossils from the Jurassic 🐊🔨 These ammonites are around 185 Million Years Old and looked a little like modern day squid! They would have swam the seas as prey for Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs and Marine Crocodiles! 🦑 They are one of

Here is a naturally spherical stone that we found! It was in a loose shale slab after falling from the cliff onto the beach... Once extracted we opened it up with our large hammer! What will be inside? 🐊🔨 These ammonites are around 185 Million Years Old and looked a little like modern day squid! They would have swam the seas as prey for Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs and Marine Crocodiles! 🦑 They are one of the most common types of fossils to find in our area however there are particular ammonite