JURASSIC FOSSIL PLANT - 170 million years old - Yorkshire
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170 million years old
Middle Jurassic period
Gristhorpe Plant Bed
170 million years old
Middle Jurassic period
Gristhorpe Plant Bed
Gristhorpe, near Scarborough, Yorkshire
A small fossil fern in Jurassic mudstone.
A small fossil fern in Jurassic mudstone.
This plant was growing at a time of tropical warmth when dinosaurs roamed what is now Yorkshire. Plants such as this were the food of local herbivorous dinosaurs.
Size: approx. 9 x 7 x 1.5 centimetres
Weight: 153 grams
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