Fossils teach us about remarkable prehistoric creatures. Along the Jurassic Coast, fossils can also be used to explore how life adapted and changed over the course of 185 million years.
Here we find early dinosaurs and pterosaurs, forests that grew before the first flowers appeared, and giant marine reptiles more powerful and ferocious than any monster of the deep alive today.
On some beaches, like Charmouth and Lyme Regis, it is even possible to hunt for fossils yourself.
There are so many amazing fossils to be found along the Jurassic Coast that it would take a long time to go through them all. Check out our palaeoecology page to give you an idea of how diverse and abundant these prehistoric creatures were, and what they looked like in life. Take a look at the Fossil Finder database to see some examples of fossils found on the Jurassic Coast.
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