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What Fossils can you find at West Runton?

Sponges and Corals within chalk on Foreshore
(Collecting Fossils from the Forest Bed) - 2002

The Forest Bed is rich in fossils. there is a large number of different freshwater shells to be collected, fossil seeds, fish remains, bird, frog and mammal remains. The mammal remains from this bed can be anything from Beavers to Vole to even Elephants, Deer and Hippopotamus. So many diffent mammals have been recorded from this bed that you never know what you may find.

Sponges and Corals within chalk on Foreshore
(Sponges and Corals within chalk on Foreshore) - 2002


On the foreshore, the chalk yields superb corals, sponges and echinoids. Bivalves can also be found. Between the Fresh Water Forest Bed and the Chalk, the Weybourne Crag also yields mammal and fish remains, anything from deer to mammoth or whale remains have been found.

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