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A non-profit outreach group telling the stories of the geological past of inland Yorkshire and the North of England through their rich fossil diversity

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a year ago

Worried about getting coal for Christmas? It's not too bad, you might get a coal ball! These are concretions in the coal which protect the plant debris within them from being crushed. In thin section you can see well preserved fossils like this Lepidostrobus. #FossilFriday

Worried about getting coal for Christmas? It's not too bad, you might get a coal ball! These are concretions in the coal which protect the plant debris within them from being crushed. In thin section you can see well preserved fossils like this Lepidostrobus. #FossilFriday
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a year ago

Moving from left to right in this image is like speeding through time. This siltstone is slowly crumbling away to dust and taking this Scolicia trace fossil along with it. 📍Langthwaite #FossilFriday

Moving from left to right in this image is like speeding through time. This siltstone is slowly crumbling away to dust and taking this Scolicia trace fossil along with it. 📍Langthwaite #FossilFriday
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10 months ago

People have been wearing antler headdresses since at least the Mesolithic period (11,000 years ago). These antlers were found at the famous site of Star Carr near Scarborough. @TheYorkshireMuseum - we highly recommend their Star Carr exhibition! #FossilFriday

People have been wearing antler headdresses since at least the Mesolithic period (11,000 years ago). These antlers were found at the famous site of Star Carr near Scarborough. @TheYorkshireMuseum - we highly recommend their Star Carr exhibition! #FossilFriday
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10 months ago

The rocks on Brimham Moor near Pately Bridge are some 320M years old but the gravity defying structures we know today were formed in the last ice age. This beautiful image is by talented Pontefract based photographer Tim Hill.

The rocks on Brimham Moor near Pately Bridge are some 320M years old but the gravity defying structures we know today were formed in the last ice age. This beautiful image is by talented Pontefract based photographer Tim Hill.
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10 months ago

Here's a curious fossil for you this #FossilFriday. See if you can guess what it is. It was found near Settle in the Yorkshire Dales, it's preserved in sandstone, and is Carboniferous in age. Thoughts in the comments and the answer will be revealed on Sunday!

Here's a curious fossil for you this #FossilFriday. See if you can guess what it is. It was found near Settle in the Yorkshire Dales, it's preserved in sandstone, and is Carboniferous in age. Thoughts in the comments and the answer will be revealed on Sunday!
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10 months ago

Thanks to everyone who made a guess for our mystery fossil - we also found it a puzzle! After researching it, we believe this is Ulodendron. These are oval scars left behind by fallen branches of Lepidodendron. 📷 Seward 1898  Fossil plants: for students of botany and geology

Thanks to everyone who made a guess for our mystery fossil - we also found it a puzzle! After researching it, we believe this is Ulodendron. These are oval scars left behind by fallen branches of Lepidodendron. 📷 Seward 1898  Fossil plants: for students of botany and geology
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10 months ago

Sometimes you can tell where you are in the rock record if you find certain fossils. There are lots of fossil-rich layers in the Vale of Pickering, but only one has lots of Paracidaris sea urchin spines. If you find these, you are in the Upper Jurassic Coral Rag. #FossilFriday

Sometimes you can tell where you are in the rock record if you find certain fossils. There are lots of fossil-rich layers in the Vale of Pickering, but only one has lots of Paracidaris sea urchin spines. If you find these, you are in the Upper Jurassic Coral Rag. #FossilFriday
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9 months ago

Don't you hate finding a bone in your fish supper? Be glad it's not like this one! This strange bone is from the pectoral fin of a Carboniferous fish Gyracanthus. These spines made this fish awkward for a predator to swallow. #FossilFriday 📍 Bradford 🏛️ Leeds Discovery Centre

Don't you hate finding a bone in your fish supper? Be glad it's not like this one! This strange bone is from the pectoral fin of a Carboniferous fish Gyracanthus. These spines made this fish awkward for a predator to swallow. #FossilFriday 📍 Bradford 🏛️ Leeds Discovery Centre