#Somerset

[blueiskewl]

Gigantic Marine Reptile Fossil Found by 11-Year-Old Girl and Father

A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to swim in Earth’s oceans.

Scientists consider the blue whale, which grows up to 110 feet (33.5 meters) long, to be the largest known animal ever to exist on the planet. But it’s possible that the 202 million-year-old reptile, known as an ichthyosaur or “fish lizard,” may have rivaled it in size.

The ichthyosaur’s jawbone, or surangular, was a long, curved bone at the top of the lower jaw just behind the teeth, and it measured more than 6.5 feet (2 meters) long. Researchers believe the creature, named Ichthyotitan severnensis, or “giant fish lizard of the Severn” in Latin, was more than 82 feet (25 meters) long, or the length of two city buses.

Justin and Ruby Reynolds, who live in Braunton, England, recovered the first pieces of the jawbone in May 2020 as they looked for fossils on the beach at Blue Anchor, Somerset. Ruby, 11 at the time, spotted the first chunk of bone, and then she and her dad found additional pieces together.

By Ashley Strickland.

#Gigantic Marine Reptile Fossil Found by 11-Year-Old Girl and Father #Somerset #ichthyosaur #Ichthyotitan severnensis #giant fish lizard of the Severn #fish lizard #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #fossils

[ardley]

Purple Haze at Dusk

Photographed by Freddie Ardley - Instagram

#photographers on tumblr #landscape #photography #artists on tumblr #travel #nature #art #beauty #england #uk #Heather #purple #sunset #Somerset

[petitworld]

Somerset, England by Stephen & Brett

#somerset #england #uk #flower garden #garden #nature #foggy #fog #mist #misty #naturecore #nature aesthetic #cottagecore #flowers #flowercore #petitworld favs #petitworld

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: comewithkris

#uk #united kingdom #bath #somerset #edinburgh #scotland #oxfordshire #oxford #beautiful places #village #light academia #dark academia #england

[henk-heijmans]

A female farm worker pulling flax on a farm in Yeovil, Somerset, England, ca. 1915 - by Nicholls Horace (1867 - 1941), English

#Nicholls Horace #England #Somerset #Yeovil #farm #worker

[huariqueje]

Bath   -  Thèrése Lessore  1938-43

British 1884-1945

Oil on canvas , 63.8 x 76 cm.

#Thèrése Lessore #british artist #city view #Bath #Somerset

[vox-anglosphere]

More views of the unique inverted arches supporting Wells Cathedral

#Wells Cathedral #Somerset #inverted arches #fan vaulting #architecture #mediaeval #Church of England #scissor arches #sacred space #perpendicular #Gothic #English cathedrals #UK

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Interior details - Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, ENGLAND

#interior details #wells cathedral #wells #somerset #england #english #united kindom #inglaterra #ingles #reino unido #europe #europa

[lionfloss]

10/22/2004

#nature #cottage #fog #mist #eerie #gloomy #ominous #uk #somerset #green #plants #garden #cottagecore #aesthetic #curators on tumblr

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Seaspray has found some frog spawn in a waterway.

In Hestercombe Gardens, in Cheddon Fitzpaine, near Taunton, in Somerset, England.

#My Little Pony #g1 #sea pony #sea spray #hestercombe #cheddon fitzpaine #somerset #england #frog spawn

[rherlotshadow]

Packhorse steps and former mill by the River Frome

#rural life #mill #somerset #winterland

[unexplained-occurrences]

#paranormal #ghosts #ghost #Somerset #uk

[ardley]

Different tracks

Photographed by Freddie Ardley - instagram

#photographers on tumblr #landscape #photography #artists on tumblr #travel #nature #art #beauty #england #uk #forest #tree #fog #green #Somerset #dark #story

[petitworld]

Somerset, England by Carla Parris

#somerset #england #uk #nature #cottagecore aesthetic #cottagecore #cottage aesthetic #cottage garden #cottage #naturecore #nature aesthetic #flowers #flowercore #garden #spring #petitworld favs #petitworld

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: greykins

#streets #usa #new york #edinburgh #dark academia #paris #france #scotland #bath #somerset #england #uk #autumn colors #fall leaves #fall aesthetic #autumn leaves #autumn aesthetic

[retroreverbs]

The Grotto Bar at Cheddar Caves, Somerset, England (1970s).

#cheddar caves #cave #1970s interior #1970s bar #bar #somerset #cheddar gorge #england #1970s #1970s style