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Lyme Regis is located in Dorset, England. The cliffs at Lyme Regis are composed of sediment deposited during the Jurassic, and have yielded marine fossils such as ammonoids and spectacular marine reptiles. The fossils of Lyme Regis fired the imagination of some of the earliest palaeontologists, and the site continues to amaze and delight fossil collectors. This location, with the surrounding coast of Devon and Dorset, has recently been accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This distinction is expected to greatly increase the number of visitors with a geological interest to the area.

Resources in This Category

• Jurassic Coast

  http://jurassiccoast.org/
  Official guide to England's first UNESCO natural World Heritage Site, along ninety five miles of coastline from East Devon to Dorset. Includes history from the Triassic period, with present-day management and local access.

• Mary Anning

  http://www.strangescience.net/anning.htm
  Short biography of Lyme Regis's most famous fossil hunter.

• The Virtual Pasture: Fossils at Lyme Regis

  http://lois.co.uk/about/personal/pasture/fossils.asp
  Images of fossil invertebrates and wood with some interesting comments.

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