Insects
Group – Arthropod
Age – Lower Jurassic, around 195 million years old
Charmouth is one of the best sites in the world for Lower Jurassic fossil insects. These creatures would have lived on the lush tropical islands that surrounded the Jurassic sea. The remains of dragonflies, beetles, stick-insects, cockroaches and even butterflies have been found at Charmouth. They are rare and delicate fossils and if you are lucky enough to find one, you should bring it into the Centre so we can record it for the Fossil Collecting Code.
Dragonfly This amazing fossil dragonfly has been preserved with its body, head and wings still attached to each other. It is incredible that this dragonfly has been fossilised when you think about how thin and fragile they are. This fossil was found by Martin Rigby.
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