Brymbo Fossil Forest

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13/10/2026

No time to volunteer? Need to buy a loved nerd a great Christmas present? Want to treat your fine-self? Book a weekend experience and join in the dig with our on-site experts!

15/09/2026

Little flashback to August to block 4! Thanks guys!

11/09/2026

Some random pictures from this year's student digs. Ten weeks went so fast but it was such a blast! Thanks guys!

06/09/2026

The Pygocephalus saga continues! Block five have beat the average one-animal-per-two-weeks trend and found SIX Pygocephalus specimens! Interestingly all from the band of ironstone concretions at the base of a fossilised river channel. The specimen recovered today by student is extra special as it's a girl! The first female recovered of this species! We know it's female because of the presence of a series of flaps preserved on its underside called oostegites, this part of the anatomy is thought to act as a marsupium, allowing the females to keep their eggs after laying close to the body so they could brood them for longer. This feature is what connects them to crustaceans like woodlice rather than similar looking shrimp and crayfish which lack these anatomical features.

28/08/2026

A late fossil friday post, but better late then never!
Today (28/08/2026) at 11:30am a beautiful pearly white Pygocephalus brymboensis was found by our students Tiana and Jamie, this 314 Mya semi-articulated critter is an excellent addition to our collection, and will provide interesting insight in to how fossils form here at the Brymbo Fossil Forest!

With a partial tail, partial legs, partial antenna and partial underside this specimen joins our ranks as one of our top fossil finds of the 2026 Student Summer Digs!

24/08/2026

Some lovely feedback from lovely people! Was a pleasure having you block four!

13/08/2026

Let’s go back in time to look at past excavation years at Brymbo Fossil Forest !

Did you know that the fossils were first studied by Palaeontologists in 2003 during coal mining !!

12/08/2026

BFF veteran, great friend, BSc student and all round good egg .tyler has spent the last two weeks logging over 300 Calamites fossils on the surface of the fossil forests sandstone units. He has gone slightly loopy and produced this appreciation post (including his awesome original artwork)

10/08/2026

All the info you never asked for from BFF student excavation block three! Thanks guys, you were great and found some fabulous fossils! Cheers for putting this together

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