Steve Etches Collection and Free Fossils in Lyme Regis. He has lived all his life in the small coastal village of Kimmeridge and has spent his entire adult life collecting fossils on the local beaches. His extensive collection is unique. His wife and kids think he is nuts. The honour should also be in recognition of his sheer patience and persistence jump.

Ruminations on paleontology and life by an amateur at both. Tuesday, February 27, 2018. Peering more closely at this matrix reveals the broken parts of the exoskeletons of many A. Looked like in its entirety. The drawing below is of the genus Agnostus.

General rantings about Palaeontology, sometimes on science communication, science policy or whatever. You know, fossils and shit. Minerals and the search for life on Mars. James Lewis blogs about his latest paper combining geochemistry, blowing stuff up in the lab, and the Mars Rover missions! Originally posted on Fourth rock from the Sun.

Marine in or around Based Fossil. Australia has a diverse fossils record and is also home to some of the oldest fossils recovered. What is a fossil? Fossils are the evidence in rock of the presence of a plant or an animal from an earlier geological period. Are formed when minerals in groundwater replace materials in bones and tissue, creating a replica in stone of the original organism or of their tracks.