Tag: Britain
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BBC: Fossil festival returns to home of Mary Anning
The BBC has a story about the Fossil Festival in Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis has been hosting the event since 2005. The event features talks, shows, walks, exhibitions, interactive displays as well as a film about Mary Anning. Top fossil hunters and palaeontological experts are gathering for an annual fossil festival on the Dorset Coast. The…
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Shattering Preconceptions: Diverse Spinosaur Species Roamed Cretaceous Britain
SciTechDaily has a story about dinosaurs in Britain. A recent paper in the journal Peerj Life & Environment proposes that multiple spinosaur species lived in Britain during the early Cretaceous Period. Baryonyx is the most popularly known species. The researhers looked at spinosaur teeth and found significant differences. The Wealden is famous for its spinosaur…
