A six-year-old boy has found a fossil dating back millions of years in his garden after receiving a fossil-hunting kit for Christmas. Siddak Singh Jhamat, known as Sid, said he was excited to find the fossil in his garden in Walsall after digging for worms. I was really excited about what it really was.”Siddak Singh Jhamat identified the fossil through a Facebook he is a member of. “The period that they existed from was between 500m and 251m years ago, the Paleozoic era,” he said. Vish Singh said: “Lots and lots of people have commented on how amazing it is to find something in the back garden.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2021 19:40 UTC