I’ve not been to the beach for a little while as conditions haven’t been ideal, so here’s a little throwback to a fine ammonite I found on a stormy day a few years ago on the Jurassic Coast. ⛈🌊🌊🐚 It’s a nice 3D example of a genus called Liparoceras. Usually, these ammonites are found inside hard rock concretions, finding an isolated example like this in the mud is pretty unusually. As you can see, a little wash in the sea cleaned much of the mud off. There’s some harder rock in the middle of the shell that still needs removing, but it won’t take much more work! #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #shell #shells #muddy #stormy #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #jurassiccoast
Someone’s waiting for Father Christmas to arrive tonight… 🦖🎅🌲🐬 As another year draws to a close, I thought I’d share my favourite fossil of the year. I didn’t find it this year (I found in nearly a decade ago), but I did finally get round to getting it prepared to it’s full potential. The work was done by @naturalselectionfossils and the results speak for themselves. The work to get this fossil from a rock on the beach to this state took over 100 hours. 🦖🐬🦖 It’s the skull of a large ichthyosaur- Temnodontosaurus platyodon from the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #jaw #jaws #tooth #teeth #rare #dinosaur #age #dinosaurs #ichthyosaur #bones
Sometimes finding the best fossils means spotting things no one else would spot. And sometimes all you have to do it look down! #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #gold #golden #beauty #beautiful #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
A pan across one of my best ichthyosaur fossils from the Jurassic Coast. I found this beastie a few years ago in a near-complete state of preservation. 🏖 It’s preserved in an unusual fashion for these fossils – on its belly. Usually they’re lying on their side. This one shows the four paddles (limbs) splayed out to the side, making it clear that they’re tetrapods. 🐬🦖🐟🐕 Around 196 million years old from the Early Jurassic of Lyme Regis. #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #jaw #jaws #tooth #teeth #rare #dinosaur #age #dinosaurs #ichthyosaur #bones
Christmas tree crinoid! This is part of an amazing crinoid fossil from the Jurassic Coast that is preserved with a layer of iron pyrite on the surface that gives it a natural golden shine. 🌟🌟🌟 The structures in this photo are the cirri, tentacle-like features that the animal used to cling to other crinoids in the colony and the substrate. 🐙🐚🦠 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #crinoid #gold #golden #beauty #beautiful #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
A short time lapse of a quick prep job on a Promicroceras ammonite from Lyme Regis. 🐚🐚 Using pneumatic tools like this airscribe make cleaning up fossils much easier. You have to be careful though as they’re pretty powerful and will easily damage the fossil of not used with caution! #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #prep #timelapse #shell #beautiful #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
Here’s the ichthyosaur I posted a video of yesterday but with me for scale! This ichthyosaur was a juvenile when it died – it had only reached about half the size of a fully grown adult. 🐬🦖🐬 I’ve found several complete juveniles of this species, but I’ve only ever found one fully grown adult. That one is still in the process of being prepped but will be about 6 feet long when finished. #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #juvenile #jaws #marinereptile #reptile #rare #dinosaur #age #dinosaurs #ichthyosaur #bones
An ichthyosaur skull I found around a decade ago on the Jurassic Coast. This was the first decent ichthyosaur fossil I found and is still one of the best skulls I have collection. 🐬🦖🐬 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #jaw #jaws #tooth #teeth #rare #dinosaur #age #dinosaurs #ichthyosaur #bones
A large Asteroceras obtusum ammonite I found many years ago on the Jurassic Coast and prepared with as much as the rock left as possible. These ammonites are found inside limestone concretions that make amazing display pieces when carefully prepared using the right tools. 🐚🛠🐚 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #prep #prepping #shell #shells #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
A section of plesiosaur tail I found on the Jurassic Coast. Still looking for the rest of the beast! . #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #plesiosaur #spine #backbone #tail #rare #dinosaur #age #dinosaurs #ichthyosaur #bones
Here’s an old time lapse video of some prep work I did using pneumatic micro tools (an airscribe) to reveal a beautiful Asteroceras obtusum ammonite from the Jurassic Coast. 🌊🐚🌊 This was just the first stage of the prep to reveal one side of the shell. I also removed the rock from the other side of the shell to make it really stand out from the rock matrix in a sculptural way. It also makes it translucent so the light goes through it. 🗿🗿 Swipe along to see what the fossil looked like after about 12 hours of prep work. . #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #prep #timelapse #shell #beautiful #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
Here’s an old time lapse video of some prep work I did using pneumatic micro tools (an airscribe) to reveal a beautiful Asteroceras obtusum ammonite from the Jurassic Coast. 🌊🐚🌊 This was just the first stage of the prep to reveal one side of the shell. I also removed the rock from the other side of the shell to make it really stand out from the rock matrix in a sculptural way. It also makes it translucent so the light goes through it. 🗿🗿 Swipe along to see what the fossil looked like after about 12 hours of prep work. . #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #prep #timelapse #shell #beautiful #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
Here’s an old time lapse video of some prep work I did using pneumatic micro tools (an airscribe) to reveal a beautiful Asteroceras obtusum ammonite from the Jurassic Coast. 🌊🐚🌊 This was just the first stage of the prep to reveal one side of the shell. I also removed the rock from the other side of the shell to make it really stand out from the rock matrix in a sculptural way. It also makes it translucent so the light goes through it. 🗿🗿 Swipe along to see what the fossil looked like after about 12 hours of prep work. . #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #prep #timelapse #shell #beautiful #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
Two ichthyosaurs I found on the Jurassic Coast around a decade ago. On the left is a juvenile Temnodontosaurus platyodon and on the right is an adult Ichthyosaurus communis. The fact that the Temno is a juvenile and the Ichthyosaurus is an adult gives you an impression of the size difference between these two species! 🌊🦈🐬 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #jaw #jaws #tooth #teeth #rare #dinosaur #age #dinosaurs #ichthyosaur #bones
Which is better, the ammonite or the t-shirt? 🐚👕🦖 The ammonite is from the Middle Jurassic Inferior Oolite of the Jurassic Coast. The t-shirt was a birthday present so I don’t know where it was from! 👕🦖🎁 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #trex #shell #shells #pet #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
This is a beautifully detailed little hybodont shark’s tooth from the Early Jurassic of Lyme Regis. I found this a few years ago when only a small part of it was showing from the rock. After a bit of very careful cleaning, it turned out to be perfect. 🦈🦈🦷 It’s a small tooth that only measures about a centimetre across, so would have come from a small shark. The largest sharks we know about from the Early Jurassic seas where these fossils are found are about 5-6 feet long and several spectacular compete shark fossils have been found here over the years. They weren’t the apex predators that we know in today’s oceans, that role went to the giant marine reptiles including ichthyosaurs. . #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #jaw #jaws #tooth #teeth #rare #dinosaur #sharks #dinosaurs #shark #bones
A large 3D crinoid head from the Jurassic Coast. Examples like this are rare and very hard to find due to their delicate preservation. At over 20 cm across, this is also about as big as a single head gets with these Jurassic Coast examples. Around 196 million years old. 🐚🐙 Crinoids are echinoderms and close relatives of starfish and sea urchins. They still live in today’s oceans. #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #crinoid #crinoids #alien #beautiful #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
AD| I’ve been slowly training Tia up to join me fossil hunting adventures, and she enjoys most of it! She gets a bit bored when I stare at the same rock for ages to decide if it’s worth investigating it! 🐕🐶🐕 Recently, I’ve been testing out some new outdoor clothes from @revolutionrace to put them through their paces out on the beach. They’ve been ideal for my work as they’re very waterproof, windproof, and nice and warm. I’ve got their fully waterproof Cyckone Rescue trousers, which are so useful on the coast when I’m usually half in the sea and in torrential rain! 🧥👖💦🌊💨 For this weekend, I’ve got a discount code for anyone in the UK or Ireland to get 15% off any Revolution Race outdoor gear. Just use the code FOSSILS15 on their website (can’t be combined with other discounts). I can thoroughly recommend! 🐕🌊🐕🐚 #fossiling #beach #dog #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #doggo #adventuredog #partner #collecting #treasure #outdoor #outdoors #jurassiccoast #hiking #adventure #adventuring #waterproof #windproof #revrace #revoltionrace
AD| I’ve been slowly training Tia up to join me fossil hunting adventures, and she enjoys most of it! She gets a bit bored when I stare at the same rock for ages to decide if it’s worth investigating it! 🐕🐶🐕 Recently, I’ve been testing out some new outdoor clothes from @revolutionrace to put them through their paces out on the beach. They’ve been ideal for my work as they’re very waterproof, windproof, and nice and warm. I’ve got their fully waterproof Cyckone Rescue trousers, which are so useful on the coast when I’m usually half in the sea and in torrential rain! 🧥👖💦🌊💨 For this weekend, I’ve got a discount code for anyone in the UK or Ireland to get 15% off any Revolution Race outdoor gear. Just use the code FOSSILS15 on their website (can’t be combined with other discounts). I can thoroughly recommend! 🐕🌊🐕🐚 #fossiling #beach #dog #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #doggo #adventuredog #partner #collecting #treasure #outdoor #outdoors #jurassiccoast #hiking #adventure #adventuring #waterproof #windproof #revrace #revoltionrace
AD| I’ve been slowly training Tia up to join me fossil hunting adventures, and she enjoys most of it! She gets a bit bored when I stare at the same rock for ages to decide if it’s worth investigating it! 🐕🐶🐕 Recently, I’ve been testing out some new outdoor clothes from @revolutionrace to put them through their paces out on the beach. They’ve been ideal for my work as they’re very waterproof, windproof, and nice and warm. I’ve got their fully waterproof Cyckone Rescue trousers, which are so useful on the coast when I’m usually half in the sea and in torrential rain! 🧥👖💦🌊💨 For this weekend, I’ve got a discount code for anyone in the UK or Ireland to get 15% off any Revolution Race outdoor gear. Just use the code FOSSILS15 on their website (can’t be combined with other discounts). I can thoroughly recommend! 🐕🌊🐕🐚 #fossiling #beach #dog #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #doggo #adventuredog #partner #collecting #treasure #outdoor #outdoors #jurassiccoast #hiking #adventure #adventuring #waterproof #windproof #revrace #revoltionrace
AD| I’ve been slowly training Tia up to join me fossil hunting adventures, and she enjoys most of it! She gets a bit bored when I stare at the same rock for ages to decide if it’s worth investigating it! 🐕🐶🐕 Recently, I’ve been testing out some new outdoor clothes from @revolutionrace to put them through their paces out on the beach. They’ve been ideal for my work as they’re very waterproof, windproof, and nice and warm. I’ve got their fully waterproof Cyckone Rescue trousers, which are so useful on the coast when I’m usually half in the sea and in torrential rain! 🧥👖💦🌊💨 For this weekend, I’ve got a discount code for anyone in the UK or Ireland to get 15% off any Revolution Race outdoor gear. Just use the code FOSSILS15 on their website (can’t be combined with other discounts). I can thoroughly recommend! 🐕🌊🐕🐚 #fossiling #beach #dog #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #doggo #adventuredog #partner #collecting #treasure #outdoor #outdoors #jurassiccoast #hiking #adventure #adventuring #waterproof #windproof #revrace #revoltionrace
A nice pop on this little ammonite I found yesterday on the beach. If you’re lucky, the rock might split around the fossil like this when you open it, revealing most of the detail without much need for further cleaning. 🐚🗿 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #split #pop #reveal #shell #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
A nice pop on this little ammonite I found yesterday on the beach. If you’re lucky, the rock might split around the fossil like this when you open it, revealing most of the detail without much need for further cleaning. 🐚🗿 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #split #pop #reveal #shell #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
A nice pop on this little ammonite I found yesterday on the beach. If you’re lucky, the rock might split around the fossil like this when you open it, revealing most of the detail without much need for further cleaning. 🐚🗿 #fossil #fossils #art #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #curiosity #ancient #history #collect #collection #animal #animals #evolution #science #museum #jewel #collecting #treasure #ammonite #ammonites #split #pop #reveal #shell #minerals #crystal #dinosaur #age
