Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Dorset and East Devon Coast' has mentioned 'Fossils' in the following places:
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| These have exposed a wide range of fossils, the different rock types each having its own typical fauna and flora, thus providing evidence of how animals and plants evolved in this region. | WIKI |
| The fossil collector Mary Anning lived here and her major discoveries of marine reptiles and other fossils were made at a time when the study of palaeontology was just starting to develop. | WIKI |
| [5] The fossils found in the area and the coastal geomorphologic features of this dynamic coast, have advanced the study of earth sciences for more than two hundred years. | WIKI |
| The fossils found in abundance along this coastline provide evidence of how animals and plants evolved in this region. | WIKI |
| The many sedimentary layers on this coastline are rich with fossils, the remains of the animals and plants present in the area whose tissues became immersed in deposits of mud which later hardened into rock. | WIKI |
| At Lyme Regis, for example, geologists have identified 71 layers of rock, each one containing fossils of a different species of ammonite. | WIKI |
| At the end of the 18th century Georges Cuvier showed that some fossil animals resembled no living ones, thus demonstrating that animals could become extinct; this led to the emergence of palaeontology, the study of fossils. | WIKI |
| [13] The coasts of eastern Devon and western Dorset were rich in fossil beds, but before this time the fossils had merely been gathered as a pastime or collected by local residents and sold to visitors as curios. | WIKI |
| She became an expert on the fossils to be found in the Blue Lias around the town and discovered the first complete Ichthyosaur skeleton at The Spittles. | WIKI |
| The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is an independent educational charity situated near the beach in Charmouth; it provides information and displays on the geology of the area and the wildlife, including a large collection of fossils and a rockpool aquarium. | WIKI |