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Granton Shrimp Bed

Carboniferous paleontological sitesGranton, EdinburghLagerstättenLandforms of EdinburghPaleontology in Scotland

The Granton Shrimp Bed is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, in Scotland. It is classified as a Konservat-Lagerstätten because of the exceptional quality of preservation of the fossils and is dominated by crustaceans; the deposit dates back to the Lower Carboniferous, some 359 to 323 million years ago.

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Granton Shrimp Bed
Silverknowes Esplanade, City of Edinburgh Muirhouse/Salvesen

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Silverknowes Esplanade
EH4 5ES City of Edinburgh, Muirhouse/Salvesen
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