The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less ...

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The forgotten fossil hunter who transformed Britain’s Jurassic Coast The forgotten fossil hunter who transformed Britain’s Jurassic Coast Read Largest 'Sea Dragon' Fossil Accidentally ...

The words ‘Jurassic Coast’ might conjure images of a famous ... there’s more than dusty fossils to be discovered here. More ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a ...

Paleontologists still come to the Jurassic Coast to obtain specimens, but amateurs are even more common. “Everyone is free to collect fossils from loose rocks on the beach,” where they would ...

In fact, the UK is home to one of the best Middle Jurassic, fossil-plant sites in the world. “It’s on the Yorkshire coast – known as the Yorkshire Jurassic,” says our fossil plant researcher Dr Paul ...

But in Australia, since the oldest fossilized dinosaur bones come from the Middle Jurassic, about 160 million years ago, “footprint fossils are the only direct evidence our country has of the ...

Join a fossil hunt on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. As you explore a stretch of beach between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, get tips on what fossils to look out for. Britain's rocks hold a fascinating ...