Yorkshire Philosophical Society

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Yorkshire’s Amazing Dinosaur Coast

James McKay

Abstract:
Yorkshire’s beautiful coastline is famous for its fossils of giant marine reptiles, along with ammonites and belemnites. It’s less well-known that Yorkshire’s fossils of ancient plants like conifers, horsetails and ferns have played a major role in our understanding of the Jurassic world.  Increasingly, an incredible number of dinosaur footprints are being discovered that reveal clues about the animals’ behaviour and lifestyles. Taking us right up to date, there is new understanding that an episode of extreme climate change took place here, with the rocks on the coast recording life before, during and after the climate change event. In this talk, artist James Mckay will take participants on a journey through the prehistoric world featured in his illustrations for a new guidebook for children: ‘Yorkshire’s Amazing Dinosaur Coast’.

James Mckay is an artist and science communicator who collaborates with scientists to create paintings of dinosaurs, other prehistoric animals and their environments. His work has been featured in the media and in popular books such as Dean Lomax’s ‘Dinosaurs of the British Isles’.

7pm in the Tempest Anderson Lecture Theatre in the Yorkshire Museum on Tuesday 15 July.

YPS Members free, non members £5.

Image ©James McKay