It's no surprise to find
a sea urchin fossilised like this.
They moved in the mud and sediment
at the bottom of Warwickshire's Jurassic seas, looking for
nourishing particles to eat.
The same sediment later became
the rock-solid 'pastry' that preserved creatures like the
sea urchin.
The picture shows a sea urchin
found at Cross Hands Quarry, near Long Compton.