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Sharks
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This
section is dedicated to the more extraordinary way that sharks are sometimes
preserved in the London Clay. |
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Unusually
preserved Otodus obliquus encased inside a small septarian nodule. The
tip of the blade only was visble when found. It is rare to find teeth
in this way, usually they are found free of matrix amongst the pyrite
and shingle accumulations on the beach
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A unique
head and spinal column of Carcharias hopei
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Another
Carcharias hopei
nodule with skin definition and a tooth on the surface
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Striatolamia
macrota jaw with scattered teeth, again, a unique fossil
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Shark
vertebra
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Coprolites?
some authorities believe that this may be the fossilised spiral gut
tract with the contents in place
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