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The first fossil I remember seeing was in the gravel outside our front door in Leicester, gravel that I imagine must have come from one of the local gravel pits.
And in it was a thing which the local people called a Devil’s Toenail, which is in fact a primitive oyster called Gryphaea, but they were quite common. But there it was lying amongst just normal little bits of pebble and sand, and it did seem extraordinary, a shell made out of stone. I remember it very well.
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att fossil detectives,
we think we have found a fossilised hip bone of a dicynodont at clasach quarry in Hopeman Moray in Scotland, the bone is quite large and appears to be fractured,can you please advise we have several other fossil finds if you are interested, hope to hear from you soon
Mairi Lovie
Don't forget - we want to hear about your favourite fossils, too. And if you want to show them to us, why not post a video on the Open University YouTube channel?
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Hey Simon
Could we post links to our fossil hunting videos on youtube ?
Yes that's fine
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