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Barton on Sea, Hampshire

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: gastropods, bivalves and Nummulites weathering from the clay cliffs onto the beach.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Eocene (Barton Clay)

Classic Eocene locality; unstable clay cliffs.

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