March 2022 – FossilHub

Jurassic geology of Yons Nab, North Yorkshire

I was going through some papers in the loft and I came across a sedimentary log of Yons Nab, North Yorkshire, which I drew up in 2009 after visiting the site with Prof. Duncan McIlroy. As I’m never going to do anything with it, I thought I’d simply publish it here. If you’d like to explore the Middle and Upper...

March 15, 2022

Ancient crustaceans as ecosystem engineers

In the last few months, I’ve given two public online talks with this title. They attempt to explain that the fossil record shows that marine crustaceans have been engineering new habitats for millions of years. Should you wish to watch the version I gave to the Geologists’ Association meeting in honour of Joe Collins, you can view it here:

Monthly Archive: March, 2022

Jurassic geology of Yons Nab, North Yorkshire

Ancient crustaceans as ecosystem engineers