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What Fossils can you find Staithes?

(Staithes, Penny Nab) - 2007

You will need to walk to Penny Nab which isn't very far from the harbour. On the way you can find bivalves of Protocardia truncatum, Oxytoma cygnipes and Gryphaea depressa, along with a scaphopod, Dentalium giganteum within concretions.

At Penny Nab, the famous Ammonite nodules can be found. These are of the ammonite, Amaltheus stokesi.

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