The sediments of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation were deposited during the Late Jurassic between around 160 and 145 million years ago, the age of the reptiles.

British authorities reported that the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been discovered off England's Jurassic coast.

Coastguards fear beachcombers could be killed by more cliff landslides if they continue to ignore warning signs along Devon's Jurassic Coast. It follows the latest collapse at Sidmouth where tonnes of earth, rocks and tree roots crashed onto Salcombe beach.

Fossil hunters have been warned to stay away from a Lyme Regis landslip despite tests for hazardous materials revealing no threat to the public.

A helicopter search was launched after a man disappeared while climbing down the site of a major landslip on the Jurassic Coast. The man was seen climbing down from the top of the mountain of earth near Lyme Regis at about 4.30 yesterday afternoon.