Where to find fossils at Abbey Wood, The Fossil Collectors Guide

Fossil Collecting in London

Abbey Wood

Collecting Guide

(Sharks teeth from Abbey Wood) - 2000

Sharks teeth are by far the most common, it is often the case to find around 20 in every bucket sieved, or more. Mammal and bird remains can also be found. It is recommended that all sieving on site is done at a level of no coarser than 0.5mm to retain all the important mammalian remains.

In 1999, the largest number of mammalian finds in one single excavation surprised many who felt the bed was beginning to thin out. It was in fact this thinning that 9 teeth were found, Sparnacomys, Paramys pourcyensis and possibly Pseudoparamys.An upper left P4 and M2 of Wyonycteris was also found.

(Sieving for fossils) - 2000

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