FOSSIL BIVALVE (INOCERAMUS) IN FLINT NODULE - 80 million years old - Kent
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PRESERVED IN A FLINT NODULE
80 million years old
(Cretaceous period)
Dover, Kent
Fossil shells, such as this bivalve Inoceramus, are commonly encountered in the Chalk of southern England, but you don't often find examples as good as this.
The fossil shell is preserved on, and partially encapsulated by a small nodule of flint.
PRESERVED IN A FLINT NODULE
80 million years old
(Cretaceous period)
Dover, Kent
Fossil shells, such as this bivalve Inoceramus, are commonly encountered in the Chalk of southern England, but you don't often find examples as good as this.
The fossil shell is preserved on, and partially encapsulated by a small nodule of flint.
Size: approx.11 x 9 x 6 centimetres
Weight: 325 grams
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