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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 915 |
| Date Entered | 19/02/2016 |
| Updated on | 19/02/2016 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Geological Record |
| Record Type | Geological HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 18/02/2016 |
| Location | Gunnerside Gill, High Scar |
| Civil Parish | Melbecks |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 953 994 |
| Altitude | 520m |
| Geology | Talus below sheer cliff formed by the Main Limestone |
| Record Name | Two different fossil coral species found in Carboniferous Limestones of Visean to Namurian Age |
| Record Description | Lonsdaleia floriformis and Syringopora geniculata, two fossil coral species which form large colonies in the hard limestones which form the highest Scars in Swaledale.
Best to look for these fossils in the river and stream bed gravels. The cliffs and mine hush gulley walls where they occur in situ are dangerous places. |
| Image 1 ID | 6673 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Lonsdaleia floriformis on small limestone fragment in scree |  |
| Image 2 ID | 6674 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Lonsdaleia floriformis detail. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 6675 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Syringopora geniculata |  |
| Image 4 ID | 6676 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Syringopora geniculata |  |
| Image 5 ID | 6677 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Syringopora geniculata |  |
| Image 6 ID | 6678 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | High Scar, one of the finest high limestone scars in Swaledale. The exposed face of the Main Limestone and extensive actively forming scree or talus slope below. |  |
