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SUMMARY:Growing a Carboniferous Forest: Planning\, Developing and Executin
 g a Unique Palaeontological Excavation &amp\; Visitor Attraction - Dr Tim 
 Astrop - Brymbo Fossil Forest
DTSTART:20250210T180000Z
DTEND:20250210T190000Z
UID:TALK227566@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:124546
DESCRIPTION:Dr Tim Astrop is a palaeobiologist\, evolutionary biologist\, 
 general nerd and the resident palaeontologist (fossil coordinator) for the
  Brymbo Fossil Forest project at Stori Brymbo\, an exciting new natural\, 
 industrial and social heritage attraction coming to Wrexham in 2025-26. Th
 e Brymbo Fossil Forest is a globally unique palaeontological treasure\; it
  represents a 314 million year old in-situ fossilised forest within the gr
 ounds of the old Georgian ironworks in Brymbo\, North-Wales. In 2025 the s
 ite will see the completion of a purpose-built structure erected to excava
 te the fossils in a protected environment while being completely publicly 
 accessible. The working team will consist exclusively of students and volu
 nteers making it the endeavour the first of it’s kind. In this lecture T
 im will talk about the history of the Brymbo site\, the discovery of the f
 ossil forest & it’s inferred paleoecology as well as the future of the s
 ite as a scientific endeavour and visitor attraction
LOCATION:Harker 1 lecture room\, Department of Earth Sciences\, Downing Si
 te
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