(Collecting fossils from the Baggy Beds) - 2002

Fossils from the Baggy Beds are generally quite rare but often it is because they are very difficult to see. There are a few gritty pockets of shells amongst the slate (seen in the photo above) which are packed with Bivalves, Gastropods, Seeds, Plant Fauna (Sphenopteridium rigidum, Xenotheca devonica, Shenopteris, Telangium, Cordaites and Knorria) and occasional corals. The Slate is very hard and does not spit very well. Fossils are poorly preserved. The rocks at Croyde continue to Baggy Point and from here to Woolacombe. Look out for patchy gritty brown coloured areas and look very carefully for shells. Trace fossils of Teichichnus ef, Monocraterion ef, tentaculatum, Arebucikutes curvatus and Diplocraterion yoyo can be found.

(Fauna and Brachiopod) - 2002

Heading towards Woolacombe, the beds begin to change and a tuff band can clearly be seen. Within this layer, armoured fish fragments have been found including Holonema cf ornatum, Holoptychius, Coccosteus, Polyplocodus and Bothriolepis.