We got up early today to make our way from London to Lyme Regis. Got up around 6:30 am and made our way to a continental breakfast at the hotel. All packed up and on our way,
we made a stop to see Stonehenge.
An hour or so later, we arrived in Lyme Regis, Mary Anning's town.
Ammonites led the way to and decorated the town of Lyme Regis
Finally arrived at the Lyme Regis Museum!
After arriving, my parents surprized me with a private tour guide of Mary Anning's life in Lyme Regis. Natalie Manifold took us all around town to show us the town's old post box (the wood still intact), the mill and the field where young Mary Anning was struck by lightning, Joseph Anning's (Mary Anning's older brother, who collected fossils with her) home, the Jurassic outcrops, the town church, and Mary Anning's grave stone. After the tour, we quickly made our way upstairs inside the museum (It was closing) and discovered two people who turned out to be historian David Tucker and paleontologist Chris Andrew. They both were excited to share the fossils with me and show me the latest discoveries made on the coast! Every year in May Lyme Regis hosts Mary Anning Day, were paleontologist and goelogist come to celebrate the fossil discoveries. Chris Andrew was so enthusiastic telling me of the marine paleo in Great Britain, including the stories of the fossil hunts underwater-scuba diving!
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By Myria Perez, Assistant Fossil Preparator and Perot Museum of Nature and Science • Published August 20, 2019 • Updated on August 20, 2019 at 5:21 pm When people think of a paleontologist, they usually picture a grizzled paleontologist gently sweeping dust away from a perfectly articulated dinosaur skeleton. In this scenario, the bones are perfectly preserved, easily distinguishable and seem to be miraculously excavated from the rock around it. The truth is, paleontology isn’t that easy. In most cases, it is rare to find fossils complete. Most fossils in the field are fragmentary and sometimes only impressions are left behind. In paleontology, context is everything! Field paleontologists know where to seek out specific fossil localities for their research by examining geological maps called topographic maps. From these maps, they can then use a trained eye to read the rocks and identify where fossil bone could possibly be found. Wh
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