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Dillon Eustace, Grand Canal Dock

Dillon Eustace, Grand Canal Dock

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Location
Dillon Eustace, Grand Canal Dock
Grid reference
53.3461573, -6.24114762
Fossil Name
Ammonites and Bryozoa
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Jurassic
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
The locality is easily accessed from the adjacent footpath.
Fossil Info
The cream-to-beige-coloured limestone forming the external walls of the building contain examples of ammonites, a spiral shaped shell fossil, as well as less well-preserved bryozoa and shelly fossil fragments.

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School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30,

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