Most people tend their allotment to get the benefit of having fresh vegetables or fruit whenever they want them. Imagine the surprise when Andy Jarrett from Wallington found a fossil that is believed to be 80 million years old whilst digging his patch. The fossil is of an Inoceramus which lived at the bottom of the ocean in the Cretaceous period around 80 million years ago. The find has been certified by the Natural History Museum who stated:

“Inoceramids are an important group of bivalves. The actual specimen appears to be Inoceramus balticus which dates to about 80 million years ago. It lived at the bottom of a deep sea that covered much of Northern Europe”.

Andy loves working on his plot and will be looking out for any other fantastic things that might just turn up when he is tending his vegetables.