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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 798 |
| Date Entered | 10/04/2014 |
| Updated on | 10/04/2014 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Geological Record |
| Record Type | Geological HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 01/04/2014 |
| Location | Greenber Edge |
| Civil Parish | Thornton Rust |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 950 870 |
| Altitude | 400m |
| Geology | Sandstone scarp and talus below Three Yard Limestone. |
| Record Name | Trace fossils seen during the walk by SWAAG members across Greenber Edge on 1st April 2014 |
| Record Description | Trace fossils of soft bodied marine organisms, jelly fish, possibly trails of worms and perhaps crustaceans. Since these creatures are short lived the fossils must have been buried quickly within rapidly forming sediments. Information John Russell. |
| Dimensions | See photos |
| Additional Notes | The image of the jelly fish (Image No 8) is from one of the very fine images at an open air preview of the Edinburgh Science Festival. |
| Image 1 ID | 5351 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Impression of a soft bodied plant or other marine organism on sandstone. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 5354 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Detail of last showing that the subject was stemmed. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 5353 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Possible jelly fish impression. These were the most frequent fossil impressions seen. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 5357 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | |  |
| Image 5 ID | 5355 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | |  |
| Image 6 ID | 5356 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Possible linear marine plant remains |  |
| Image 7 ID | 5358 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | U tube, worm trace fossil |  |
| Image 8 ID | 5350 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Live jelly fish. Image from outdoor preview of the Edinburgh Science Festival |  |
| Image 9 ID | 5337 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | View eastward from the track from Thornton Rust to Carpley Green with Green ber Edge in mid distance. |  |
