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Famous for its many species of sponges, Danes Dyke is a must go location for anyone into chalk fossils. This is the best location in the UK for sponges. Echinoid's, Bivalves, Brachiopods and Crinoids can all be found too. |
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Mappleton is one of the best locations along the Holderness coast to collect fossils. Being glacial tills, you never know what you might find. Ammonites, Belemnites and Mollusc's are the most common. Most of the erractics are Jurassic age, although Cretaceous erractics such as echinoid's can also be found. |
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Another location for Sponges and molluscs. The most interesting finds that can be made at Bessingby Quarry is the Echinoids, these are of an excellent condition. |
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This is an important site and is classified as SSSI. Echinoid's and molluscs can be found in the Red Rock, but please note: No Collecting and No Hammering is permitted. This site is part of important scientific work and must not be disturbed. |
  
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East Riding
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Fossils are common |
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Fossils often found |
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Fossils are not common |
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Fossils rarely found |
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Site protected, no collecting permitted, or no access to beach |
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Quaternary
Neogene
Palaeogene
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Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic |
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Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian / Pre Cambrian |
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Fossils collected direct from cliff face |
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Fossils collected from the foreshore |
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Fossils collected from the cliff and foreshore |
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Location is a quarry or pit |
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Fossils collected from a stream or river bed, |
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Fossils collected from a farm field |
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Fossils collected from road or railway cutting. |
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Fossils collected from hill or mountain scree slope. |
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Fossils collected from rock outcrops. |
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Fossils collected from lake or reservoir banks. |
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Samples taken back for processing microfossils. |
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