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Lavernock
Collecting Guide



(Lavernock Foreshore) - 2003

Ammonites are not uncommon but fragments can be seen around the beach. Fossils are rarely found just lying on the beach, normally you have to work hard to get them by splitting boulders that already contain worn ammonites or part ammonites. Shells are by far the most common fossil at Lavernock. Many of the best finds can be found from around the area when you first enter the beach from the steps.

To the Left as you walk down the steps, the cliffs change from Jurassicc to Triassic and the bone bed similar to Aust can be seen, however at Lavernock it is very thin (about half an inch to the maximum) so any bones are normally far too small to collect. The rest of the red rock is unfossiliferious.


(Lavernock) - 2003

 


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