(The softer shales and clays are only exposed during beach scouring) - 2005
Fossils that can normally be found are Brachiopods (Brachythyris ovalis), Gastropods (emuphemites urli, Reetispira striata, Straparollus carbonarius, Scaphods, dentalium). Bivalves (anthraconauta semicircular, cypricardella rectangularis, dunbarella sp, senilis, lithophage lingalis, parallodon semicostatus, pernopecten, sanguinolitesclavatus, plicactus, S. striatomellosus, schizodus sp, solenomorpha minor, streblochondria sp). Cephalopods (orthocone nautiloid), Ostrocods and Trilobite fragments. The sponge Hyyalostella parallela is also quite common.
So much to be found, but again as from our experience the beach conditions need to be right. The beds run horizontally, so the formations change as you go further down the beach, the hardest rocks are left well exposed running parallel across the beach with the softer beds covered with sand. It is these beds that are of interest with the harder beds badly covered by seaweed,
