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Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: Aulacostephanus), bivalves.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridge Clay)

Ledges slippery with oil shale; SSSI restrictions on the cliff.

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