On a rather wet trip to Parton this Sunday, Tom spent some time looking for fossils. The fossils found at Parton Bay are Carboniferous in age and are a mixture of shale and limestone, however, these fossils are from the Late Carboniferous and are found in the black shale that is found as pebbles and slabs on the beach. The material has been washed in from the south and was dumped by the old coal mines and other industry.
If you are interested in Parton as a fossil locality or want to visit, visit:
https://ukfossils.co.uk/2016/09/02/parton-bay/ or look at a our previous visit looking for fossils
here.
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| The 'prize find' of the trip. Still to be completely identified, a likely incomplete caudal(tail) fin of a ray-finned fish. |
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| Numerous other fossils including lobe finned fish scales (possibly Rhizodopsis or Strepsodus), spines, head plates and other fish remains as well as Lepidodendron. |
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| The imprint of a Lepidodendron trunk (1/2" chisel for scale) in a sandstone boulder. |
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