CRETACEOUS AMMONITE - Small Dole Clay Pit, West Sussex
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100 million years old
Lower Gault (Cretaceous period)
Small Dole Clay Pit, Henfield, West Sussex
Small Dole Clay Pit was a classic site for Lower Gault ammonites but it has now been infilled. It produced a remarkable diversity of well preserved fossils in the 1970s and 1980s.
This is a very large specimen. The shell is slightly crushed and it may have no centre, but it is still very impressive. It was collected in 1984.
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Size: approx. 18 x 15 x 5 centimetres
Weight: 1.43 kilograms