This image is of a Psiloceras planorbis  (Sowerby, 1824) ammonite fossil. The animal existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered ...

This image is of a Hildoceras bifrons  (Bruguière, 1789) ammonite fossil. The animal existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered ...

This image is of Ophioderma egertoni (Broderip, 1840) starfish fossil. Its new name is Palaeocoma milleri (Phillips, 1829). This animal ex...

This image is of an Aspidites thomasii plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Gristhorpe Bay, Sc...

This image is of a Williamsonia gigas (Carruth.) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Whitby, ...

This image is of a Nilsonia compta (Phill.) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Scarborough, ...

This image is of a Todites williamsoni (Brongn, 1828) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Sca...

This image is of a Cladophlebis denticulata (Brongn, 1828) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered i...

This picture is of a Heliolites murchisoni (Milne Edwards & Haime 1851) coral fossil. It existed during the Silurian period. The fossil...

Tylocidaris clavigera (Mantell, 1822) cast of a sea urchin fossil found in the Coniacian of the White Chalk subgroup in England.  The cre...

Picture of plate of Promicroceras (Spath, 1925) ammonite fossils. Found in Charmouth, Dorset, England. Creatures existed in the Lower Jurass...

  Termnodontosaurus platyodon (Conybeare, 1822) ichthyosaur fossil was found in 1811 by Joseph Anning (older brother to Mary Anning ). She ...

  Today's fossil is from the old hunting grounds of the famous collector Mary Anning. This picture is of a Pentacrinites briareus  (Mill...

On a sunny and windy August day in 2016, I visited a coastal town called Lyme Regis in the county Dorset, England. This area is part of w...

This image is of a Dactylioceras tenuicostatum (YOUNG et BIRD, 1822) fossil. When collected, the fossil was originally labeled Ammonites...

This image is of a sea urchin fossil called Echinocorys .  The shell once consisted of calcite but has since been replaced by crystalline...

This image is of a Williamsonia (aka Zamia) gigas cycad fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in...

This image is of a Gingko huttoni plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Scarborough, England...

A few posts ago, I wrote about the snake stone ammonite. This ammonite is associated with St. Hilda of Whitby , Yorkshire, England. The A...

The spine fossil of a Gyracanthus formosus fish (front pectoral fin). Not much is known about this fish as all that is found of rema...