North Cornwall - Geology
Goniatites - Fossils - Wanson Mouth (S7)
At Wanson Mouth a few fossils may with luck be found in the scree below the Cliffs, to the north of the path
down to the beach .
On this 5ins (13cm ) wide piece of mudstone rock are number of small fossils
of Goniatites ( Gastrioceras Coronatum ) .
Goniatites had a Shell coiled in a flat spiral and were widespread in the seas that surrounded the
Carboniferous swamps , some 310 million years ago.
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Wanson Mouth is south of Widemouth Sand in Gallery 7
It can be reached on a low tide from Widemouth Sand or the FP off the minor road leading to Millook .
Ref: 5798
Date: 22/05/2018
Location: SX 1955 0130