JURASSIC BIVALVES - 180 million years old - Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
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Crosby Warren Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
A large and impressive block of Jurassic ironstone containing fossil bivalves from the classic Frodingham Ironstone quarries at Scunthorpe.
Pseudopecten (Scallop)
180 million years old
Frodingham Ironstone (Pecten Ironstone)
Crosby Warren Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
A large and impressive block of Jurassic ironstone containing fossil bivalves from the classic Frodingham Ironstone quarries at Scunthorpe.
Collected in 1990 and from an old collection. The ironstone quarries at Scunthorpe have long since closed.
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Size: approx. 26 x 20 x 3.5 centimetres
Weight: 2.2 kilograms