Category: Geology
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A rare summer find in Lyme Regis
A post following the events surrounding the recent discovery of an (as yet unidentified) Ichthyosaur fossil found in the landslip to the east of Lyme Regis in August 2011.
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Scelidosaurus harrisonii: A Reprise
Answering Simon’s question about whether the dinosaur fossil described in “Scelidosaurus harrisonii: a tale of mass death and discovery” could be re-worked, I talk a little about re-working and outline how we know this dinosaur isn’t an example of it.
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Scelidosaurus harrisonii: a tale of mass death and discovery
Looking at the not-so-famous Dorset dinosaur, Scelidosaurus harrisonii. I talk a little about what the fossils have already told us, and what they are still shedding light on… plus my minute part in the whole story.
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An Essay On: The Fossil Record
An essay on the subject of the Fossil Record and to counter the “no transitional forms” argument from a different angle from the usual.
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Convergent Mososaur/Ichthyosaur evolution. – [Retrospective Post]
A research team from Sweeden, Canada and the US have recently published a paper in the PLoS one journal which looks set to redefine the way vertebrate palaeontologists look at a whole group of mesosoic marine reptiles.
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Of beginnings and biases
A summary of how the project is coming along (not very far at the moment) and some of the issues, biases and conundrums in approach that have so far been identified.
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"Three-eyed" Triops cancriformis colonies in Scotland. – [Retrospective Post]
Researchers from Glasgow University have discovered colonies of the small crustacean Triops cancriformis in mud from around the scottish nature reserve at Caerlaverock, Scotland.
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Torosaurus genus to be reclassified Triceratops. – [Retrospective Post]
A recent scientific paper argues that two genuses of ceratopsian dinosaur (Torosaurus and Triceratops) – which have been separate entities for over a century – are in fact the juvenile and adult growth stages of the same taxon – but why?
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Volunteering at the Natural History Museum
In todays post I talk about the last week of volunteering at the Natural History Museum Palaeontology Department, and the sheer awesomeness of their collections.
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Lyme Regis’ Urban Palaeontology 2
One month ago I posted Lyme Regis’ Palaeontology 1, in which I talked about two small parts of the Lyme Regis pumping station and waterworks (locations 1 and 2 on the map below) and promised to finish the job with a second post within a fortnight or so… I failed to do so and as such I apologise,…
Benjamin David Brooks 