MEGAN JACOBS - From Dinosaurs to Ancient Seas: Unearthing the Island’s 130-million-year story
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Friday 9th October 2026
The Isle of Wight is Britain’s dinosaur capital — a landscape where cliffs and beaches reveal a lost world beneath our feet. While dinosaurs once dominated this ancient landscape, they are only a small part of a much bigger story.
The island’s coastlines preserve around 130 million years of Earth’s history, recording changing climates, vanished seas, and extraordinary ecosystems, yielding a remarkable fossil record — including dinosaurs and fossils found nowhere else on Earth!
Join palaeontologist Megan Jacobs to discover why this small island is one of the most important geological and palaeontological locations in the world.
The island’s coastlines preserve around 130 million years of Earth’s history, recording changing climates, vanished seas, and extraordinary ecosystems, yielding a remarkable fossil record — including dinosaurs and fossils found nowhere else on Earth!
Join palaeontologist Megan Jacobs to discover why this small island is one of the most important geological and palaeontological locations in the world.
