admin Fossil found in a farmer’s field near M5 in the Cotswolds. A staggering 4,444 fossils dated to 183 million years ago have been unearthed in a farmer’s field in the Midlands off the M5. Archaeological treasures unearthed at Court Farm in the Cotswold village of Kings Stanley date to the time when dinosaurs roamed the area.
A team of paleontologists has discovered preserved fish, marine reptiles, squid and rare insects in what appears to be a former Jurassic sea near Worcestershire. In Adam Knight’s fields, layers of limestone keep the fossils intact.
If you look at photos of fossil fish, you can see that even their eyeballs, scales and fins are still clearly visible, even though they were hidden for thousands of years. Among the finds was the head of a Jurassic fish, Pachycormus.
Dr. Dean Lomax, a paleontologist and visiting researcher at the University of Manchester, said: ‘The site is very remarkable, with evidence of ancient animals that once lived in the Jurassic Seas that once covered this part of England. There are many beautifully preserved fossils,” he said. Fossils like this are rare to find in the UK. The fossils we collect will undoubtedly form the basis of research projects for years to come.
Fossil collectors Sully and Neville Hollingworth were behind the discovery. The Cotswold Water Park has also found the remains of a mammoth, so this isn’t the first time gold has been mined.
The Hollingworths, who appeared in the BBC One documentary Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard last year, said “these fossils are from the early Jurassic period, more specifically called the Toarcian period.”
“The clay layers found at this site near Stroud have yielded many well-preserved fossils of marine vertebrates.
“Excavations at King’s Stanley have shown that no such animals have been found since the late 19th century, particularly in the late 19th century.” A rich resource of fossil material has been unearthed from an unusual rock formation.”
A team of eight scientists was participating in the last excavations of the summer. During this time, about 200 kg of clay was collected and sifted through a state-of-the-art sediment processing machine to extract small teeth and bones.
Many collected specimens will be donated to the Stroud Museum in the park to expand the paleontological collection.
Paleontological restorer Nigel Larkin once said, “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day.” , you can get a lot of information such as how long the fish lived, water depth, salinity, etc. that will tell you the climate.
“This place is an interesting farm in an already beautiful setting, but a large outdoor classroom.”
