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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 hundreds of samples, from the Middle Jurassic (174 to 164 million years ago) should allow new researc...

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 hundreds of samples, from the Middle Jurassic (174 to 164 million years ago) should allow new researc...

‘Treasure trove’ of marine creatures found by amateur fossil hunters in the Cotswolds The i 8 hrs ago Lewis Smith A “treasure trove” of fossilised sea creatures killed as they braced for the impact of a mudslide 167 million years ago have been discovered in the Cotswolds. More than 1,000 “exquisitely preserved” animals have been uncovered at the site discovered during the second lockdown by a couple using Google Earth. It is the biggest collection of Jurassic echinoderms – including starfish, sea cucumbers and sea urchins – in the UK and among the best in the...

Neville (right) and Sally Hollingworth pose for a photograph during a dig in a quarry in the north Cotswolds. (PA) 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 discover...

BBC News By Jonathan Amos image captionFrozen in time: Fossilised seafloor animals from the Jurassic, all piled on top of each other "If they could squeal, I'm sure they would have done." Palaeontologist Tim Ewin is standing in a quarry, recalling the calamity that's written in the rocks under his mud-caked boots. "They tried to protect themselves, adopting the stress position of pulling their arms in," he continues. "But it was all in vain; you can see where their arms got snagged open, right up to the crown. They were pushed into the sediment and buried alive." There's a little smile creepi...