'Smiling' fossil discovered on Holy Island
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
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"I saw this fossil smiling at me - it's the first set of teeth I have found."
— Christine Clark , Other
"He arrived on the island in 670s as a monk coming to the priory, he [was] buried here and miracles took place around his shrine."
— Dr Frances McIntosh , Academic
"The stem consists of these little discs, called ossicles, and what Christine has found is a number of these ossicles connected together, in what is called a columnal."
— Dr Jan Hennissen , Academic
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The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
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