December 2, 2019

LYME REGIS

SMALL COAST BIG PART PERSON WINDOW HOUSE SEE GROUND FOSSIL CHILD 11 IMPORTANT GIANT



Lyme Regis is a ___ village on the south ___ of England. Lyme Regis ___n’t got famous landmarks or ___ hotels. But it has ___ something unique – Lyme Regis ___ famous for its fossils. ___ Regis is an important ___ of Britain’s Jurassic Coast. ___ coast is 153 kilometres ___ magnificent cliffs and beaches. ___’s called Jurassic Coast because ___’s got so many fossils. ___ come to Lyme Regis ___ all over the world ___ collect fossils. The fossils ___ found on the beach ___ in the cliffs. There ___ even fossils in the ___ and walls of the ___ in the village. According ___ Dr Colin Dawes, children ___ expert fossil finders. They ___ short so they can ___ small things on the ___. Mary Anning (1799-1847), ___ Regis’ most famous ___ finder, began looking for ___ when she was a ___. When she was only ___, she discovered her most ___ fossil – an ichthyosaurus (a ___ sea animal).
   Later she also discovered a plesiosaur ( a sea reptile ) and a pterosaur ( a flying reptile ). Because of Mary’s discoveries, the village of Lyme Regis became famous. For the last two hundred years, scientists from all over the world have come to look for fossils.

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