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 abbeys, it was a shallow, warm sea, home to a Jurassic marine ecosystem. Over 167 million years lat...