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Tag Archives: ichthyosaur

Yorkshire’s first embryo-bearing ichthyosaur was pregnant with octuplets
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Yorkshire’s first embryo-bearing ichthyosaur was pregnant with octuplets

Posted on April 5, 2018 by sarah • 2 Comments

A specimen described today in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society is the star attraction in the Yorkshire Museum’s new exhibition, Yorkshire’s Jurassic World, which opened on March 24. Continue reading →

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Amy Ball • 2 Comments

Fiann Smithwick, scientific adviser and part of the fossil excavation team for the BBC 1 documentary ‘Attenborough and the Sea Dragon’, speaks to us about his experiences working on a natural history documentary with Sir David Attenborough, his fossil hunting and his PhD topic of fossil colour… Continue reading →

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Calling all amateur fossil collectors! Geologists appeal after new species of Ichthyosaur discovered in Scotland

Posted on January 12, 2015 by sarah • Leave a comment

A geologist at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences has encouraged fossil collectors to come forward with their finds, after a new species of marine reptile, described as ‘the size of a motor boat’, was discovered from fossils found on the Isle of Skye. Continue reading →

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