JURASSIC BELEMNITE - 160 million years old - Cambridgeshire
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160 million years old
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
A good example of a belemnite from the Oxford Clay.
Belemnites are extinct squid-like sea creatures that were very common during the age of the dinosaurs, a period of the Earth's history when much of England was submerged beneath warm seas. The unique bullet-shaped internal shell, called a guard, is all that remains of them.
This fossil was collected in the 1980s when several brick pits were in operation in the Peterborough area.
160 million years old
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
A good example of a belemnite from the Oxford Clay.
Belemnites are extinct squid-like sea creatures that were very common during the age of the dinosaurs, a period of the Earth's history when much of England was submerged beneath warm seas. The unique bullet-shaped internal shell, called a guard, is all that remains of them.
This fossil was collected in the 1980s when several brick pits were in operation in the Peterborough area.
Size: 14 centimetres long.
Weight: 78 grams
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