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Rare cricket family sheds light on extinct Jurassic species’ acoustics
World-first research into the sole remaining living insects of an ancient super-family of crickets has revealed vibrating areas on seemingly unspecialized wings which create sound, representing a transitional stage between those of their fossilized ancestors and the adapted form of … Continue reading
Bite marks in Jurassic and Cretaceous ammonites: what did it?
Ammonites are amongst a number of the greatest fossils to gather. They are comparatively straightforward to seek out, for instance, within the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale in Germany and the Jurassic sediments of Dorset within the south of England. The … Continue reading
Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life present in new fossil website
A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils found in Canada, uncommon for recording smooth-bodied species that usually do not fossilize, is increasing scientists’ view of the wealthy marine lifetime of the interval. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life present in new fossil website
A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils found in Canada, uncommon for recording smooth-bodied species that usually do not fossilize, is increasing scientists’ view of the wealthy marine lifetime of the interval. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News … Continue reading
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Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life present in new fossil website
A fossilized mantle of a vampyropod, a relative to the fashionable vampire squid (pictured on backside proper). The ink sack is the raised construction within the middle, and muscle tissue have a striated look. Credit: Rowan Martindale/The University of Texas … Continue reading
Understanding new evidence of the impact of climate change in the Early Jurassic Period
This shows Early Jurassic ammonite. Credit: Plymouth University Geochemical and biological research offers academics a window into earth history, enabling them to piece together events that occurred before records began. Much of our understanding of past climate change is based … Continue reading
Walking the Jurassic Coast
Walking the West Jurassic Coast and Walking the East Jurassic Coast by Robert Westwood In recent years, the Jurassic Coast Trust really has produced some great books and I have had the privilege of reviewing quite a number of them in … Continue reading
Jurassic Coast, The Lake District and Cornwall
Fossils & Rocks of the Jurassic Coast; The Geology of the Lake District – an introduction; and The Geology of Cornwall – an introduction These three guides by Robert Westwood are in the same simple format. All are local geological … Continue reading
Walking the Jurassic Coast
Dorset and East Devon: The Walks, the rocks, the fossils by Ronald Turnbull There are a lot of guide books to the Jurassic Coast Work Heritage Site. This one is intended to provide a useful introduction to the general geology … Continue reading
Jurassic Park meets the US presidential race 2016
Back here in the United States, the blockbuster movie Jurassic World still plays in theatres, while presidential candidates hit the campaign trail. This confluence of events reminds me of a crazy idea I had back in 1992, a couple years … Continue reading