Dorset Geology
Belemnite Pavement - Seatown (S41)
A view over the Belemnite Pavement - a thin bed of Argillaceous Limestone.
Below is the Belemnite Marl member - also containing Belemnite Fossils.
Above is the green Ammonite member of the Charmouth Mudstone Formation.
Belemnites were carnivorous and free swimming squid-like creatures with a long bullet shaped body .
In the animal’s tail, the skeleton ,made of calcite , is the part commonly found as a fossil.
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Location in Gallery 41
Ref: 8504.5.6
Date: 04/11/2020
Location: SY 4144 9186