A couple using Google Earth have uncovered one of the largest collections of rare marine fossils in the UK. Neville and Sally Hollingworth, non-professional palaeontologists, discovered the site in Wiltshire during the second COVID lockdown while researching the geology of the area online.
They then contacted Dr Tim Ewin, a senior curator in Earth sciences at the Natural History Museum (NHM), who secured funding for a dig at the site.
Dr Ewin was amazed by the hundreds of specimens including echinoderms, sea lilies and echinoids, dating back to middle Jurassic period (174 to 164 million years ago).
The findings should allow new research that was never before possible due to the small number of samples held in collections.
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