Tom Sharpe
@tomsharperocks.bsky.social
Geologist, writes on the history of geology and palaeontology, especially in the late 18th–early 19th C, and on the history of geology in Antarctica. Patron Lyme Regis Museum. Author of THE FOSSIL WOMAN A LIFE OF MARY ANNING (Dovecote Press 2020).
Classic curator's excuse. I should know. I've used it often enough myself.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Classic curator's excuse. I should know. I've used it often enough myself.
It is indeed. One of my favourite museum objects with a great story behind it. The spikiness, to the everlasting relief of the fish that produced the coprolites, is related to the formation of the clay ironstone nodule surrounding the coprolite and not part the coprolite itself.
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It is indeed. One of my favourite museum objects with a great story behind it. The spikiness, to the everlasting relief of the fish that produced the coprolites, is related to the formation of the clay ironstone nodule surrounding the coprolite and not part the coprolite itself.
Yes, it was exciting to see this in person for the first time! We have a paper in preparation which - hopefully - will be published in the spring.
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Yes, it was exciting to see this in person for the first time! We have a paper in preparation which - hopefully - will be published in the spring.
And you! Thank you for an excellent talk. Enjoy the rabbit burrows, you never know where they might lead!
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
And you! Thank you for an excellent talk. Enjoy the rabbit burrows, you never know where they might lead!