Jurassic Beach, Lyme Regis (16 photos)

Jurassic beach is located in the English county of West Dorset, close to the village of Lyme Regis. Of course, there are no dinosaurs, but coastal cliffs contain many fossils of ancient mollusks ammonites



jewelers use ammonites for making jewelry, but here they are rubbish, which should be removed from the beach. Numerous tourists an excellent job with the role of cleaners, examining these fossilized shellfish souvenirs.



As a result of frequent landslides appear more and more remains of the ancient inhabitants of the planet.



Ammonites jewelers use for the manufacture of jewelry, but here they are rubbish, which should be removed from the beach. Numerous tourists an excellent job with the role of cleaners, examining these fossilized shellfish souvenirs.



Some fossils tourists to take a can not, as their weight with the stone a few hundred kilograms











Estimated age of the fossils more than 185 million years







Tourists looking for fossils along the coast









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