FISH TOOTH FROM THE AUST BONE BED - 210 million years old - Gloucestershire
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AUST BONE BED
210 million years old
(Upper Triassic period)
Aust Cliff, Gloucestershire
The Aust Bone Bed is a thin band of fossil-rich sandstone that occurs around Bristol and the Severn Estuary but is particularly well developed at Aust Cliff by the old Severn Bridge, near the village of Aust. It contains numerous well-preserved bones, teeth, scales and coprolites of mostly fish and marine reptiles.
It is also called the Rhaetic Bone Bed after the Rhaetian stage of the Triassic Period.
(Upper Triassic period)
Aust Cliff, Gloucestershire
The Aust Bone Bed is a thin band of fossil-rich sandstone that occurs around Bristol and the Severn Estuary but is particularly well developed at Aust Cliff by the old Severn Bridge, near the village of Aust. It contains numerous well-preserved bones, teeth, scales and coprolites of mostly fish and marine reptiles.
It is also called the Rhaetic Bone Bed after the Rhaetian stage of the Triassic Period.
This is a delightful little specimen with a single fossil tooth of a Triassic fish. Presented in a vintage glass museum display box.
Size: approx 9 x 6.5 x 2.5 centimetres
Weight: 124 grams (including box)
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