Lyme Regis is famous for its fossils.  Indeed, thousands of tourists flock to this part of the “Jurassic Coast” on the hunt for fossils. It is sensible to book a fossil walk with an experienced guide. Our chum Brandon Lennon took the guys out from the “All the Gear” YouTube channel for a guided fossil walk.  Under Brandon’s expert guidance lots of amazing fossils were found including ammonites.  Indeed, we spotted something from our range attached to the rucksacks used for the walk.  It was a Bullyland ammonite model.

A pair of brightly coloured rucksacks ready for a fossil hunting expedition on the Dorset coast. Picture credit: Brandon Lennon.

Picture credit: Brandon Lennon

We spotted the now retired Bullyland Belemnite model too.

The Bullyland Ammonite Model

This replica of a typical ammonite is used by palaeontologists, geologists, science communicators and guided fossil walk leaders to illustrate what a living ammonite looked like.  Fossilised ammonite shells found on the Dorset Coast do not provide much evidence.  The ammonite model is used to explain about the animal that once lived in that shell.  It is a great prop.  Museum staff also use this model.  They place it next to ammonite fossils on display.  It depicts the living animal next to the fossil material.

The Bullyland ammonite model is often used in museum displays to depict the living animal next to fossil material. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the range of Bullyland prehistoric animal figures in stock: Bullyworld Prehistoric Animal Models.

The rucksacks are a brightly coloured. We suspect that this is a sensible precaution. If they are taken off during the walk, then they will be easy to spot amongst the grey rocks of the Lyme Regis shoreline.

Brandon emailed telling us that the “All the Gear” fossil walk was great fun.  In addition, the resulting YouTube video has already attracted over 160, 000 views.  It must be all that coprolite that the guys found aided by the expertise of their fossil walk guide.

The Bullyland ammonite model attached to the rucksack. Picture credit: Brandon Lennon.

Picture credit: Brandon Lennon

The ammonite replica looks at home attached to the rucksack. The rucksack is packed and ready for departure.

For more information about fossil walks in the Lyme Regis area, take a look at Brandon Lennon’s website: Lyme Regis Fossil Walks.