PHOTO GALLERY: 320 Million Year Old Fossil Discovered In Clare

As you may have heard on Clare Fm’s Morning Focus recently, a geologist with the Burren & Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark has discovered a 320-million-year-old shark tooth fossil on the north Clare coastline at Doolin.

Dr. Eamon Doyle made the discovery of the tooth belonging to a shark that once hunted in the ancient seas of the Carboniferous period in the waters off Ireland at a time when Ireland was located close to the equator.

“Fossil sharks teeth of this age are very rare in Ireland and so it extends the known range of fossil sharks in Ireland” said Dr. Doyle.

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Pictured is Geopark Geologist Dr Eamon Doyle, examining a 320 million year old Burren fossil with Carol Gleeson, Manager, Burren & Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark and Colaiste Muire Ennis Transition Year students Tia Hughes, Leah O’Neill and Ciara Lane at The Falls Hotel in Ennistymon.

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