Suffolk Rocks & Fossils

The Crag sands deposited by the Pliocene North Sea are Suffolk's fossil El Dorado .   Here lie the remains of extinct whales which sang unknown songs of ancient Suffolk whilst they were hunted by giant sharks.   On land the spectacular fauna included tapirs, mastodons and red pandas.   This paradise was later lost when Suffolk shivered in the wilderness of the Ice Age.

A recent temporary excavation in the Red Crag at Sutton enabled a look at some of the quieter denizens of this unattainable sea – a left-handed whelk, some beautiful top-shells, a coral, and a cockle named after Dr Parkinson, its first finder.

GeoSuffolk leaflets to download

Suffolk now stands on the shore of a new North Sea , its children continuing the voyage and adventure of time.

To download the GeoSuffolk Time Travellers (erratics) leaflet click here

To download the GeoSuffolk Flint leaflet click here

If you wish to see more East Anglian rocks and fossils, including the fossil teeth of the world’s largest shark....

Visit the Ipswich Museum

And the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.