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Jurassic coast
Alan Titchmarsh finds an ammonite fossil frpm the Jurassic Period. This animal didn’t live in the desert, but in the sea - the super-continent was breaking up and we inherited some superb beachfront real estate. Our south coast would have been like the Caribbean.
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