Conservation
A fossil specimen of Hildoceras bifrons
Hildoceras bifrons is extinct: End of Early Jurassic, approximately 175 million years ago.
Hildoceras bifrons is a common ammonoid fossil in the Alum Shales of northern England. It can be found in sea cliff exposures of the middle layers of the Whitby Mudstone Formation.
Shale and mudstone cliffs are susceptible to erosion and can therefore be threatened by coastal defence work.
Fossil collecting should only be carried out with the permission of the land owner.
Great care should be taken when fossil collecting. You should make sure you:
- check tide times
- are aware of the danger of rock falls
- go as part of an organised group if possible
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Glossary
Nekton is a free-swimming animals
Evolute and involute are geometrical terms relating to the shape of a curve
Lappets are spoon shaped extensions from the margin of the aperture
Arcuate is curved
Striae are fine lines of ornament
Ventro-lateral keels are ridges (keels) located on the sides of the venter
Tricarinate and bisulcate are two grooves separating the has three ridges (keels)of the venter.
Venter is the shell edge around the circumference