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11/23/20 An Introduc+on To Fossils Dr Liam Herringshaw Palaeontologist, Hidden Horizons Director, Yorkshire Fossil Festival 1 Ver ertebr ebrates es ? Image from Telford et al. (2015) 2 1 11/23/20 Ver ertebr ebrates es Otodus

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An Introduc+on To Fossils

Palaeontologist, Hidden Horizons Director, Yorkshire Fossil Festival

Dr Liam Herringshaw

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Ver ertebr ebrates es

Image from Telford et al. (2015)

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Ver ertebr ebrates es

Otodus (shark) Albertosaurus (dinosaur) Diplomystus (fish) Ichthyosaurus (marine reptile)

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Ve Vertebrates

Otodus (shark) Albertosaurus (dinosaur) Diplomystus (fish) Ichthyosaurus (marine reptile)

Image from Grant Museum, University College London

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Cho Chondr ndrich ichthyes

Images from Wikimedia Commons

Petalodonts☠ Sharks Rays Chimaeras “Car4laginous fish”

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Sh Shark rk teeth

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Otodus

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(Early Eocene, Kent) Helicoprion

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Ac2 Ac2nop

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Images from Wikimedia Commons

“Ray-finned fish” Diplomystus dentatus, Eocene, Wyoming, USA

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Rep2 p2les

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Ic Ichth thyosau aurs

Ichthyosaur skull found by Joseph Anning, 1811 (Wikimedia Commons)

What did ichthyosaurs eat? Marine (?diapsid) reptiles

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Dino Dinosaur aurs (a

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Living theropod! Albertosaurus

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Track Yorkshire’s dinosaurs!

February 18th / April 1st 2021 www.hiddenhorizons.co.uk

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Future fossil classes

December 2020 Trilobites: An Introduction: https://hiddenhorizons.co.uk/collections/online-events/products/trilobites- an-introduction-online-course-december-2020 Jan-Feb 2021 Yorkshire Coast Fossils: https://hiddenhorizons.co.uk/collections/online-events/products/yorkshire- coast-fossils-with-dr-liam-herringshaw-online-course

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Useful fossil resources

The Palaeontological Association (UK-based): https://www.palass.org/ Paleontological Society (US-based): https://www.paleosoc.org/ Natural History Museum: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/fossils.html NHM Fossil Explorer app: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/identify-nature/fossil-explorer-app.html Palaeontology Online: https://www.palaeontologyonline.com/ Palaeocast podcasts: https://www.palaeocast.com/

Yorkshire Fossil Festival, Scarborough, September 11th-12th 2021!

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