Fossil dating back millions of years discovered by ‘excited’ six-year-old in back garden

Mr Singh told PA he and his son “were surprised” they found the Rugosa coral.

He said: “He found a horn coral, and some smaller pieces next to it, then the next day he went digging again and found a congealed block of sand.

“In that there were loads of little molluscs and sea shells, and something called a crinoid, which is like a tentacle of a squid, so it’s quite a prehistoric thing.”

The Rugosa coral existed in the Paleozoic Era ... Read even more

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