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The couple from Swindon has wowed the geology world with their finds, including fossils, skeletons... and a 183-million-year-old fish head

BRANDON SPECKTOR, LIVE SCIENCE 30 JULY 2021 Paleontologists have uncovered an enormous fossil graveyard of squiggly, alien-like Jurassic sea creatures beneath a limestone quarry in the UKs Cotswolds region. The fossil find includes perhaps tens of thousands of marine invertebrates called echinoderms - meaning "hedgehog skin" in Greek, and including the ancient ancestors of modern starfish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and frilly-limbed sea lilies - immaculately preserved at all stages of their...

UK’s largest Jurassic starfish colony found More than 1,000 specimens were unearthed at an undisclosed location during a three-day excavation in June, London’s Natural History Museum said Millions of years before the Cotswolds, in western England, became a popular vacation destination, romanticised for its ancient woodlands, honey-coloured stone villages and medieval abbeys, it was a shallow, wa...

Amateur fossil hunters make rare find in U.K. using Google Earth Researchers hope these fossils will reveal insights into the evolutionary development and diversification of these iconic and ecologicaly important echinoderms. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. by Aina J. Khan (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Millions of years before the Cotswolds, in western England, became a popular vacation destination, romanticized for its ancient woodlands, honey-colored stone villages and medieval...

One of the largest collections of rare marine fossils anywhere in the UK has been discovered by a couple using Google Earth. Non-professional palaeontologists discovered the site in Wiltshire during the second lockdown, while researching the geology of the area online. After being contacted by the duo, Dr Tim Ewin, a senior curator in Earth sciences at the Natural History Museum (NHM), secured funding for a dig at the site, and was amazed at the number of specimens discovered. The findings of h...

Amateur palaeontologists discover rare marine fossils Shivali Best For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo One of the largest collections of rare marine fossils anywhere in the UK has been discovered by a couple using Google Earth. Non-professional palaeontologists Neville and Sally Hollingworth, from Swindon, discovered the site in Wiltshire during the second lockdown, while researching the geology of the area online. After being contacted by the couple, Dr ...

One of the largest collections of rare marine fossils anywhere in the UK has been discovered by a couple using Google Earth. Non-professional palaeontologists Neville and Sally Hollingworth, from Swindon, discovered the site in Wiltshire during the second lockdown, while researching the geology of the area online. After being contacted by the couple, Dr Tim Ewin, a senior curator in Earth sciences at the Natural History Museum (NHM), secured funding for a dig at the site, and was amazed at the...

One of the largest collections of rare marine fossils anywhere in the UK has been discovered by a couple using Google Earth. Non-professional palaeontologists discovered the site in Wiltshire during the second lockdown, while researching the geology of the area online. After being contacted by the duo, Dr Tim Ewin, a senior curator in Earth sciences at the Natural History Museum (NHM), secured funding for a dig at the site, and was amazed at the number of specimens discovered. The findings of h...

One of the largest collections of rare marine fossils anywhere in the UK has been discovered by a couple using Google Earth. Non-professional palaeontologists discovered the site in Wiltshire during the second lockdown, while researching the geology of the area online. After being contacted by the duo, Dr Tim Ewin, a senior curator in Earth sciences at the Natural History Museum (NHM), secured funding for a dig at the site, and was amazed at the number of specimens discovered. The findings of h...