Overview 

These are some of the other fossils that I have found (and that can be found) along the Charmouth coastline and the surrounding area. You need to look closely at where you are walking as it is easy to miss pieces...

Oyster shells 

fos-other-02.jpg (71863 bytes)

Oyster shells in situ in the Belemnite Marl at the foreshore between Golden Cap and Wear Cliffs.

Bivalves 

fos-other-10.jpg (16641 bytes)

A piece of marl retrieved from the talus at the base of the Green Ammonite Bed of Wear Cliffs. Closer examination of the surface of the marl reveals at least seven 'opened' bivalve shells imprints.

A bivalve found in Black Ven Marl. The ribs of the upper surface show up well on the pyritised fossil. 

Collected from the Stonebarrow Hill foreshore, this iron pyrite fossil has been identified as an Class Bivalvia Inoceramid, and probably an Inoceramus sp. [my thanks to Joseph Miller of Colorado for this info]

fos-other-08.jpg (13784 bytes)

GTC-037 10mm wide 5mm deep
A collection of bivalves collected from the beach under Wear Cliffs near to Seatown.

Gryphaea arcuata (Devil's Toenail) 

fos-other-01.jpg (82993 bytes)
www.humbolt.edu

Sea Urchin

GTC-049 32mm high 55mm dia.
Sea Urchin collected on the foreshore under Stonebarrow Hill

GTC-048 23mm high 44mm dia.
Sea Urchin collected on the foreshore under Black Ven between seafront and The Spittles

Belemnite Phragmacone chamber 

GTC-016 28mm wide 35mm dia.
After some checking, this fossil has been identified as a piece of a phragmacone from a belemnite. The belemnite rostra would locate on the right hand end of this fossil, with the main body extending off to the left

Gastropods 

GTC-038 5mm wide 10mm long
A collection of gastropods collected from the beach under Wear Cliffs near to Seatown.

fos-other-09.jpg (3386 bytes)

GTC-xxx 8mm wide 3mm deep
A gastropod collected from the talus under Wear Cliffs near to Seatown. The hole on the side of the shell could be where a predator gained access to the 'soft parts' inside the shell.