Geologist, writes on the history of geology and palaeontology, especially in the late 18th–early 19th C, and on the history of geology in Antarctica. Patron Lyme Regis Museum. Author of THE FOSSIL WOMAN A LIFE OF MARY ANNING (Dovecote Press 2020).
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Museums hold collections for a reason: “Perhaps, he says, the next big breakthrough in charting our solar system’s deepest history won’t come from exploring some distant world but rather from studying samples of space rocks …from a drawer in a museum.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare...
10 June 1835: WJ Broderip reads his paper on some Lias fossils from Lyme Regis at a meeting of the Geological Society. Amongst those he describes is a new genus and species of fossil lobster, Coleia antiqua, illustrated by two specimens found by Mary Anning.
Final week for @royalscottishacad.bsky.social bicentenary annual exhibition in Edinburgh, featuring James Hutton and deep time inspired artwork. Well worth a visit for the geological content in addition to the other contemporary art in it.
And next Sunday morning at the Fossil Festival I'll be leading a walk around Lyme Regis to places that were familiar to Mary Anning. Do come and join me. Full details are here: fossilfestival.com/palaeontolog...
Just a week to go until this year's Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, a great weekend packed with events. I'll be talking about Mary Anning's World at 4pm in the Marine Theatre next Saturday. Hope to see you there!
A day in Edinburgh today, so I was drawn back to @nationalgalleries.bsky.social to take another look at Turner’s magnificent Norham Castle, Sunrise.
And as a bonus, there’s a lovely display of panoramic views of Edinburgh in the National Gallery, including this c.1775 view from Calton Hill by James Hutton’s pal John Clerk of Eldin
A massive mollusc for #FossilFriday
Bourgetia is a 160 million year old gastropod from the tropical seas of the Yorkshire Jurassic.
The grid on my desk is 50mm.
There's a good article about these and other upper Jurassic snails here: fossilsinthills.weebly.com/blogs/the-tw...
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#FossilFriday: a pterracotta pterosaur adorning the facade of @nhm-london.bsky.social and eyeing up potential snacks amongst the crowds entering the museum.
5 June 1832: Oxford geologist William Buckland writes to Joseph Anning, who was involved in the family fossil business, about fossils he'd bought, telling him that some fossil sepia & coprolites can wait until 'your sister comes home'. Mary was away from Lyme Regis, probably collecting in Somerset.
Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history
Just a week to go until this year's Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, a great weekend packed with events. I'll be talking about Mary Anning's World at 4pm in the Marine Theatre next Saturday. Hope to see you there!
A day in Edinburgh today, so I was drawn back to @nationalgalleries.bsky.social to take another look at Turner’s magnificent Norham Castle, Sunrise.
