WEALDEN SMALL ORNITHOPOD DINOSAUR POSITIVE RELIEF NATURAL FOOTCAST
This is a genuine dinosaur natural footcast, - an impression of the foot as the animal transferred its weight into the soft sediments. To think this was made over 130 million years ago by the foot of a roaming dinosaur, these are quite amazing objects. This is a very nice example of a ornithopod dinosaur natural footcast. Private collection. Old find.
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FOSSIL INFO ABOUT THIS LOCALITY, BEXHILL: FOSSILS ARE FOUND LOOSE AT THIS LOCALITY INCLUDING THE LOOSE FOOTCASTS. THERE ARE NO FOSSILIFEROUS CLIFFS. MATERIAL IS TO BE FOUND LOOSE ON THE FORESHORE WHICH ANYONE IS FREE TO COLLECT.
FOOTCASTS: OUR COLLECTION CONSISTS OF STRICTLY ONLY LOOSELY FOUND FOOTPRINTS. ACTUALLY THEY ARE NATURAL CASTS (POSITIVE RELIEFS) WHICH PROLIFICALLY OCCUR LOOSE AT THIS LOCALITY. ESTABLISHED LOCAL COLLECTORS INCLUDING THOSE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BEXHILL MUSEUM HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THESE FOR YEARS TO KEEP FOR THEMSELVES. SOME ADORN LOCAL GARDENS ALONG WITH OTHER ROCKS COLLECTED OFF BEXHILL BEACH. I HAVE SEEN FOOTCASTS ON DISPLAY IN DIVERSE PLACES INCLUDING COLLECTORS GARAGES AND IN BEXHILL RESIDENTIAL GARDENS, AND THEY DO LOOK WONDERFULLY CHARMING.
SOLID FOSSIL, NO REPAIR
FOUND IN SUSSEX, HISTORIC HOME TO CELEBRATED PALAEONTOLOGIST GIDEON MANTELL, DISCOVERER OF THE IGUANODON
SPECIMEN DISCOVERED BY ECO-FRIENDLY PALAEONTOLOGIST. FINDS FOUND LOOSE, EX-SITU
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY PREDECESSORS I HAVE BEEN OPENLY/PUBLICALLY COLLECTING, SALVAGING FOSSILS FROM DESTRUCTION BY THE ELEMENTS, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FROM THIS LOCALITY FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS. I BUILT UP MY OWN PRIVATE COLLECTION OF WHICH, NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY MUSEUM, I SELL OFF BITS FROM TIME TO TIME IN ORDER TO FUND ONGOING RESEARCH. 17 YEARS EBAY SELLER EXPERIENCE AND STILL GOING STRONG.
PIONEER COLLECTOR: DISCOVERER OF THE WORLD'S FIRST FOSSILISED DINOSAUR BRAIN AND THE WORLD'S OLDEST SPIDERS WEB TRAPPED IN AMBER. MY PERSONAL DRIVE AND AMBITION HAS LED TO THESE NEW DISCOVERIES AND THE DISCOVERY OF THIS EXCITING NEWLY AVAILABLE MATERIAL.
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Self collected fossil. I am a full time, entirely self-funded researcher. I have a genuine passion for fossils and am a life-long advocate of responsible collecting, my palaeo work is testament to this. My main interest is fossils related to the English Wealden. Discovering fossils and presenting my discoveries to the general public is my vocation. I am founder of West Parade Fossils, an entirely self-funded private enterprise. Find frequency is low, collecting only the odd specimen in the field these days down to fewer visits to the site due to family commitments and busy research projects, some connected with palaeontology and other non-related subjects which leaves me very little time to collect. Fact: It is notoriously difficult to find fossils at this locality. Any commercial operator would go bust in a couple of months!
Revenue raised from this discovery will allow me to continue working on other research projects. For example, British dinosaur age amber is something I am currently working on. A preliminary search of this amber lead me to discover the world‘s oldest preserved spiders web, dated at around 140 million years old. Discovery of the spiders web in amber was reported in the global media. But this ancient amber has the potential to reveal a vast eco-system of new species including micro-organisms, plants and small animals - insects mostly. However, this will take time and requires proper funding. Being entirely self-funded, offering fossils like this allows me to focus on my studies and continue my passion on a proper full time basis.
HASTINGS SUB GROUP
WEALDEN SUPERGROUP
WEALDEN OF SUSSEX