Site Details

Location

Valentia Island

Grid reference

51.931458, -10.34031

Fossil Name

Tetrapod Trackway/Footprints

Fossil Type

Trace fossil (trackway)

Fossil Age

Devonian

Rock Type

Sandstone

Access Info

WARNING! This is a rocky coastal location with uneven terrain and unprotected steep drops. Take care as rocks can become slippery when wet. Carefully access the rocks exposed along the coast, from the Tetrapod car park at 51.92973, -10.34535

Fossil Info

Grey and purple sandstones with regularly spaced shallow depressions forming a trackway. One of only three trackways in the world made by early land animals during the Devonian (ca. 400 million years) Period