Fossil festival rocks

Thousands of people and millions of years of Earth history collided in Scarborough at the weekend as the Yorkshire Fossil Festival came back to town.

Dinosaurs stalked the streets, fossils popped up in shopping centres, and the Rock Showman's Greatest

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"It was a brilliant weekend of fossil fun and wonderful to see people of all ages being entertained and engaged,” said Dr Liam Herringshaw.

"Palaeontologists have long known how special Yorkshire's fossils are, but now word is getting out.”

Next year's festival will be held in Whitby over the weekend of June 10 and 11, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Whitby Museum. From dinosaur footprints and marine reptiles to jet, Whitby has attracted fossil-finders for centuries.

Thousands of visitors flocked to the event in the town.

When dinosaurs walked the town centre.

Yorkshire Fossil Festival comes to town.

A Jurassic lark.