Crushed ammonite
This week's Saturday Timewatch features a crushed ammonite (possibly Pavlovia rotunda) found in a fall of Kimmeridge Clay at Chapman's Pool, Dorset. It is from the Upper Jurassic period about 150 million years ago. Not collectable except by photograph, these are incredibly fragile. As winter storms hit, within months if not weeks it will finally disappear back to where it came from all those millions of years ago - the ocean.
(As I always mention with fossils I am very far from expert on the subject and once again have relied on internet information provided by Southampton University)
Crushed ammonite
This week's Saturday Timewatch features a crushed ammonite (possibly Pavlovia rotunda) found in a fall of Kimmeridge Clay at Chapman's Pool, Dorset. It is from the Upper Jurassic period about 150 million years ago. Not collectable except by photograph, these are incredibly fragile. As winter storms hit, within months if not weeks it will finally disappear back to where it came from all those millions of years ago - the ocean.
(As I always mention with fossils I am very far from expert on the subject and once again have relied on internet information provided by Southampton University)