The Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Sea Life
Last Updated: 6th Nov 2020By Jolyon Ralph
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We are in Kimmeridge, Dorset looking at this museum dedicated to Jurassic sea life fossils from the Jurassic Coast of England.
The building
They have an impressive AR app to show the creatures as they looked in life on your phone or tablet.
An icthyosaur from the Kimmeridge clay recovered in 2003
The Kimmeridge clay formation is the source of much of the North Sea oil.
The main galleries
Kimmerosaurus parts.
The fossil prep room is visible through glass.
Fish from Kimmeridge
Another
The museum was founded by Steve Etches (who we saw previously working in the prep lab) around a collection built up over 35 years.
Pliosaur munching on an icthyosaur
This was modelled on this pliosaur jaw.
Colymbosaurus
Icthyosaur
Ammomite egg fossils
Ammomite sexual dimorphism
Squid
Lobster that lived inside an ammomite shell
Pterosaur skull and reproduction
Stegosaurus bit.
Sauropod humerus
Ray
More marine reptiles
Pliosaur teeth
Information panel.
Another
Roman is answering the quiz on an iPad. My guess was 'gluten free' but that wasn't an option.
Coelacanth skull
AR icthyosaur
A model of the sequence at Kimmeridge Bay.
And now we are in windy Kimmeridge Bay itself. Let's see what we can find.
Success! With Roman's hand for scale
Rainbow!
The tide has come in and the sun is out
Alternating bands of mudstones and harder limestones
And signing off the report with sunset over Kimmeridge. Thank you for reading!
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