I went fossil hunting down at the Warren (in Folkestone, Kent, UK) on Thursday last week. These are some of my favourite finds from the trip (I washed them up at home).
Fossil hunting is great fun. If you live in the UK, and fancy giving it a shot, then there are some really handy websites that you should check out. https://ukfossils.co.uk/ and http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/fossil-locations-of-great-britain/
If you don't live in the UK but still want to give it a go then I would recommend looking for local fossil hunting clubs, societies and websites. Failing that you should try to look for areas where sedimentary rocks are being eroded. For instance, cliffs by the sea, rivers, old quarries, etc.
Just make sure you don't trespass or go anywhere too dangerous. For instance, if you are fossil hunting under cliffs at the beach, don't get to close to the cliffs (falling debris and cliffs collapsing) and plan around the tides (you don't want to get cut off).
Ammonite acquaintances.
©Robin Fifield 2024.
w tym miesiącu było ciężko bo słuchałem w pętli feeling nice i xymphony od xdinary heroes dlatego usilnie starałem się znaleźć coś żeby nie powtarzać xdiz 3 raz i znalazłem
to co połowa roku można robić, widzimy się znowu jak mi się przypomni
A giant #ammonite from millions of years ago. One of New Zealand’s largest fossils is on permanent display in Te Papa.
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Titanites lived during the Late Jurassic Period and had a shell diameter of around 137 centimetres! surprisingly it wasn’t the largest ammonoid, as some species such as Parapuzosia could get over twice as large!
There were also some plant fossils around the area of this site!
Finally finished!! The plesio is definitely not accurate but I was too deep into it by the time it really started bothering me sooo brown plesiosaur, yay. The ammonites took me like 10 minutes each just to make their shells and it was certainly tedious... Yeah, they took up most of the drawing process. But is was really fun!! this is my first try at paleo art and not to pat myself on the back too hard but I think it turned out pretty well 😏. What do you think? anything I could do to improve?
think I might try to re create this scene from prehistoric planet. I think I'm going to stick to water lizards before I move on to land dinosaurs because land scenes are a lot more complicated.
Little WIP, Its some type of Plesiosauridae looking at some ammonites... first time trying paleoart, any tips?