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New research examines 425 million year old 'Pompeii' - in Herefordshire

Posted on 01/06/2009
University of Leicester

A University of Leicester student will be presenting his remarkable discovery of 425 million year old fossils found in rocks from the Silurian period of geological time in Herefordshire.

The fossils represent a great range of animal groups and their study has tremendously increased knowledge of the evolution of life.

David Riley