The 8-day sale of Bristol merchant James Johnson's fossil collection began #OTD in 1845. Lot 360 was part of a huge ichthyosaur head he had purchased in 1813 at Mrs #MaryAnning's fossil shop in Lyme Regis. At the sale it was bought for Bristol Museum & Art Gallery where it's now on display.

Coastal erosion at Holme-next-the-sea, Norfolk.

🚨 Don't miss our SPECIAL GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY MEETING, INCLUDING DINNER AND FIELD TRIP🚨 Registration closes TODAY!!! 17th-18th May, University of Leicester See: geocurator.org/events/167-gcg… #Geology #Conference #Rock #Mineral #Fossil

Geological Collections Group (GCG) Nigel Larkin Rob Lowther Dr Mark Evans Meghan Jenkinson Lu Allington-Jones Dr Emma Louise Nicholls RachelRocks This event is for EVERYONE interested in #geological #collections, their care and future directions! If you collect #minerals #rocks or #fossils come join us! Geological Collections Group (GCG)

#MaryAnning's mother ran the fossil shop at the family home in Lyme Regis from about 1811 to 1820. #OTD in 1813 geologists #WilliamBuckland and George Greenough visited 'Mrs Anning's Curiosity Shop' and each bought a specimen of a fossil 'crocodile' – later named Ichthyosaurus.

In 1826 #MaryAnning took on GB Sowerby as her agent to sell her fossils in London, but the arrangement was not a success. #OTD in 1827 she had to write to him asking for £13.2.5 owed to her 'as she really wants the Money'. She closed the letter with an ammonite-like seal stamp.

In 1819 fossil collector Col Thomas Birch found #MaryAnning & her family about to sell their furniture to pay their rent so he decided to auction his fossil collection & give them the proceeds. The sale was #OTD in 1820 & included many specimens he'd bought from the Annings.

A great morning yesterday studying this historic #plesiosaur discovered in 1810 and the #ichthyosaur snout that was originally thought to belong to it. The Sedgwick Museum Sandra Freshney 🔍📜📖 Tom Sharpe #FossilFriday

Two new blog posts for #fossilfriday - first up is Meghan Jenkinson writing on the recent GCG symposium of #Toarcian palaeobiology geocollnews.wordpress.com/2024/08/23/183… (1/2)

For #FossilFriday the skull of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, the cast of the type specimen discovered by Mary Anning and described by Conybeare in 1824 ⁦The Sedgwick Museum⁩ #plesiosaur

Massive congratulations Darren et al, great to see this is out!

In the latest issue of @HOGGroup magazine GeoHistories, Hugh Torrens and I describe two 'new' silhouette portraits of #MaryAnning which hint at a perhaps more fashionable fossilist than previously thought. researchgate.net/publication/38…

The final preparations are underway for our Winter Seminar and AGM tomorrow!! We're looking forward to welcoming you to Oxford, starting with the ice-breaker this evening 🥳🥂🧃🦕🦖 Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Time for X-odus. “Sun is shinin’ in the sky”, same name. See you on the other side.