(See E.M. Meares et al., “The Rhaetian (Late Triassic) vertebrates of Hampstead Farm Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK,” Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 2016.)
Image of the Day: Sea Sketch
Around 210 million years ago, tropical seas surrounded what is now Britain, as illustrated in this drawing of an ichthyosaur, armored fish, and sharks by geologist Valentina Rossi.

