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Fortunestown, Credit Union

Fortunestown, Credit Union

Site Details

Location
Fortunestown, Credit Union
Grid reference
53.2861312, -6.3903700
Fossil Name
Ammonites, belemnites, sponges, bivalves
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Jurassic
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Easily accessible from the public car park immediately adjacent to the site. 
Fossil Info
The walls of the credit union building are very fossiliferous, with common ammonites, belemnites, bivalves, sponges, and bioturbation (worm burrows). 

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Ireland's Fossil Heritage

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

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