@pauldavisfossil.bsky.social
Palaeontologist & Curator at Lyme Regis Museum. Mary Anning and early history of palaeontology enthusiast and fanatic about the Lower Jurassic palaeontology & stratigraphy. Palaeontological preparator and conservator (in my spare time).
Took some old friends for a quick walk at Charmouth yesterday. They are geologists so they didn’t mind. They found some nice pyrite ammonites and I found them a nice pebble with Echioceras ammonites for them to take home. As a bonus I got to see the new landslip - it’s a big one!
15.02.2026 10:00 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0May the forth be with you
15.02.2026 00:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He hasn’t got them yet 😁- gone to Columbia before I could get the specimens to him. Sending him photos this week and he’ll scan them when he is back in the U.K.
14.02.2026 23:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Javier Luque from Uni of Cambridge / Uni of the Andes is currently describing them - do you know him? Drop him at message if you do. 👍
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The Geology Collection at Lyme Regis Museum has been awarded the prestigious Designated Status by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
Only the 5th geological collection (south of Birmingham) in England and Wales to achieve this recognition. See the press release
www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/designation/
Fossil pineapple ring - this isolated 3D Toarcian one found by Charles Moore at Ilminster is my favourite. In the collections of @brlsi.bsky.social
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Had a good find rummaging through a box of random pamphlets in a local second hand book shop yesterday.
An original reprint of ‘Jack’ Callomon’s seminal work on Sexual Dimorphism in Ammonites. He was a chemistry lecturer at UCL but also an ammonite expert in his spare time.
£4 well spent 😁
I explored the William Dickson Lang archive at @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social recently. Lang is one of my heroes.
Amazing content and information on the stratigraphy of the Dorset Lower Lias in his field notebooks.
A photo of him on the path to Stonebarrow just before his 86th birthday
Big fall at Stonebarrow today.
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Just submitted a paper on some amazing new material from the Pliensbachian of Dorset tecently acquired Lyme Regis Museum. Here are a few highlights - 2nd complete Panniericidaris known. World’s oldest Crab and world’s oldest Ghost Shrimp.
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Tom Pugh and I have had a couple of days down in Lyme Regis! Not beach weather but a relaxing break and a lovely visit to The Lyme Regis Museum where some of Mick’s amazing fossil collection is on display. ❤️
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