Darren Withers

Enormously excited to reveal my new book, beautifully illustrated in FULL COLOUR by the brilliant @bobnichollsart.bsky.social

Coming September 2025. Pre-order now! Published by @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Collected the #bivalve Bositra buchii for #molluscmonday only a few millimetres across I find them really fascinating. It was proposed that they were bysally attached to floating organic matter the so-called "pendant" life habit. An abundant species found at many horizons within the Oxford Clay.

A selection of videos from the Rutland ichthyosaur excavation. Care and attention were used at all times when tentatively cleaning the bones from the ichthyosaur. In the video, Nigel Larkin employs one of the many conservation techniques used in the field. Con…

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YouTube video by Palaeo cast Jurassic context

A video brilliantly produced by Palaeocast. I recorded at the Cerney Wick #excavation in 2024. I filmed my friend Richard using my drone, digging a stratigraphic test pit. I filmed many hours of #fieldwork from the dig site.Will be taking to the air quite a bit this year.
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Picked up another aesthetic crushed shell in shale Kosmo eras #ammonite from the Callovian ( Middle Jurassic ) for #molluscmonday with bositra buchi #bivalves nestled beside it.

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Absolutely fantastic.

Very nice.

Thanks Tom, great to read this.

Fantastic

Have Your Say Rutland County Council is planning exciting changes to Rutland County Museum and would like the views of local residents and visitors. This can be done by following this link,  or scanning the QR c…

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The Rutland Sea Dragon Excavating the Rutland Sea Dragon

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On January 20th 2021, Joe Davis discovered something unusual at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve. Bringing in #palaeontologist Mark Evans #OTD 2021 who photographed the first photos of what we now know as the #rutlandseadragon must have been an incredible moment.

For #fossilfriday #otd 2022 the #RutlandSeaDragon was announced to the🌍
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Developing their own cool looking eco system.

That's wonderful, sounds as though they have eroded out nicely for you 🙂

#fossils and fresh air, picking up crushed flat pyritised #Kosmoceras #ammonites - an extinct marine #mollusc that has now been replaced by iron pyrite.

Historical fossil collections are fascinating,I'll be researching additional provenance in 2025 on this one. As those labeled N B Co pit (Northam Brickworks) are of particular interest. As Alfred Leeds one of history's greatest #palaeontologists discovered many #fossils from this pit #fossilfriday

#fossil #ThrowbackThursday with some stunning on display in the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery's #jurassic #marinereptile gallery. Associated #ichthyosaur vertebrae found and donated by a fellow #museumvolunteer rescuing / supporting local #Palaeontological heritage.
Good work Ivor ⚒️

Kosmoceras for #molluscmonday the most abundant Peterborough Formation #ammonite Each species shows dimorphism (probably male/female) This tiny specimen is adorned with lappets at its aperture, and is thought to be male. Crushed flat in fissile shales dried nicely in my shed 🙂

Great example, could it be K.spinosum

Show your #fossil worm tubes for #serpulidsaturday always picking up these calcerous tubes from the Jurassic marine worm Genicularia vertebralis to give away.

#Gryphaea (Bilobissa) dilobotes #fossils huddled up after a fresh split on some Oxford Clay shales for #molluscmonday

Nicely prepped.

That's interesting maby a worn piece of turtle carapace or crocodile scute.

Yes, very cool. I often find Bison teeth from gravel quarries. Prepped this tooth from the Ipswichian stage. I believe the blue color is leeched into the tooth from mineralisation and associated with Vivianite and dentin.

Your welcome.

Stunning examples.

Very impressive.

Fantastic, I also like to collect #coprolites . I found a fish one last week, from the Peterborough Formation. Spotted a small vertebra inside.