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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 225 |
| Date Entered | 12/06/2011 |
| Updated on | 02/09/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Geological Record |
| Record Type | Geological HER |
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| Site Type | |
| Site Name | |
| Site Description | |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 01/01/2005 |
| Location | Clapgate Scar |
| Civil Parish | Marske |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 1165 0260 |
| Altitude | |
| Geology | Richmond Cherts. Block talus below cliff. |
| Record Name | Hyalostelia smithii |
| Record Description | Lower Carboniferous sponge. Type Site.
British palaeozoic Fossils. Plate 41.(Fig.1). |
| Dimensions | See photos. |
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| Species | |
| Scientific Name | |
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| Tree and / or Stem Girth | |
| Tree: Position / Form / Status | |
| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | These remarkably well preserved fossil sponge remains are visible on the surface of large slabs as very long curving bunched siliceous chord like structures.
The string like structures are apparently linked, see Photo796. |
| Image 1 ID | 794 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Hyalostelia smithi. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 795 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | |  |
| Image 3 ID | 796 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | |  |
| Image 4 ID | 797 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | |  |
| Image 5 ID | 798 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Clapgate Scar with remains of elder. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 799 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | View from Clapgate Scar with gulls. |  |
