A selection of fossils of marine invertebrates from the Jurassic sea, including ammonites and forms of coral. Found locally.
Category: Jurassic
Objects relating to the Jurassic period – a time when the land that would later become Whittlesey was under a warm sea.
Plesiosaur Fossils
Various fossils from Pleisosaurs and Pliosaurs, found locally. Plesiosaurs and Pliosaurs were Jurassic marine reptiles which swam using four flipper-like limbs - plesiosaurs had a long neck whereas pliosaurs did not.
Ichthyosaur Fossils
Various fossils from ichthyosaurs, found locally. An ichthyosaur is a large streamlined Jurassic marine reptile, superficially similar to a dolphin.
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