A photo of the fossil Charnia brasieri, with a drawing by Martin Brasier
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Watch Again: Introducing Charnwood Forest’s Newest Fossil: Charnia brasieri

Missed our recent online public talk, ‘Introducing Charnwood Forest’s Newest Fossil: Charnia brasieri’, featuring Dr Duncan McIlroy? Fear not, your Geopark has you covered.

Watch again using the Youtube video below, or the link here, and delve deeper into the fascinating story of the discovery of this new species of Charnia. Find out how the rocks of Bradgate Park, alongside those from Newfoundland, revealed a new fossil, and the work researchers undertook to understand how these 560 million year old creatures lived.

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