Young British girl unearths 160 million-year-old fossil
A 160-million-year-old rare fossil was unearthed by a five-year-old girl digging with a seaside spade in the UK.
Emily Baldry, from Chippenham, south-west England, dug up the 59kg Rieneckia odysseus fossil during her first organised dig last year at the Cotswold Water Park in Gloucestershire.
After painstakingly being restored, the fossil was put on display at the Gateway Information Centre, near Cirencester, yesterday.
"I have got lots of different fossils now, and can't wait to go fossil hunting again" said Emily, now aged six, according to the Cotswold Water Park - a wildlife haven and activity centre - website.
Her father Jon Baldry said, "It's great that Emily has got the fossil hunting bug, she has been very excited by all of this - let's hope her expectations have not been set too high after this amazing find!"
Dr Neville Hollingworth, who was leading the fossil hunt, said, "This ammonite is a very, very rare specimen, as only fragments of this type have been found previously in the UK.
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