Posts by James Etienne

Microfossils and the World of Chalk and Chert

Microfossils are those fossils that require a microscope to carry out fundamental identification. They are the fossils of a biologically diverse group of organisms, including microscopic algae, protists, and invertebrates,…

The Incredible World of Fossils

I fell in love with fossils like many others, as a child, hunting on the world-famous Jurassic Coast in Dorset in the UK, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and location…

“Gone Fossil Hunting…”

In the first article in this series, I highlighted the staggering breadth of utility that fossils have, from academic research to applied industrial analysis, value in commercial trade and preservation…

Jurassic Deep-Sea Fishing

You could be forgiven for thinking Mary was the first to discover ichthyosaur and plesiosaur fossils, but specimens of ichthyosaur vertebrae and propodial (limb) bones and pliosaur vertebral centra were…