Trace Fossils - Beaconites
Trace Fossils - Beaconites

In the Old Red Sandstone rocks at Scotts Bay are Trace Fossils .
The trails , footprints , burrows , etc, which ancient animals have made in sediment
and been preserved in rocks.
These are infilled Burrows of ancient animals ( worms ?, amphibians ? ),
thought to have been burrowing in sediments , where a moist environment was provided .

Ref: 13175C

Date: 29/04/2014

Location: SN 3448 0950

Trace Fossils - Beaconites

In the Old Red Sandstone rocks at Scotts Bay are Trace Fossils .
The trails , footprints , burrows , etc, which ancient animals have made in sediment
and been preserved in rocks.
These are infilled Burrows of ancient animals ( worms ?, amphibians ? ),
thought to have been burrowing in sediments , where a moist environment was provided .

Ref: 13175C

Date: 29/04/2014

Location: SN 3448 0950