Thursday, December 31, 2015

Parasites on Crinoid Fossil?


These images are quite interesting in that they show possible parasites or byrozoans on a crinoid stem fossil. These fossil was found in Scott County Indiana in the New Providence Formation. It dates to the Mississippian Period.



These might be something like the Wooster College paleontologists found on Jurassic crinoid stems: http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2014/11/14/woosters-fossils-of-the-week-a-new-crinoid-species-from-the-middle-jurassic-of-southern-israel-with-a-bonus-parasitic-infection/


Thanks to Kenny for images.

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Unidentified Crinoid Holdfast Fossil


This image is of an unidentified crinoid holdfast attached to larger crinoid stem fossil. It was found in the New Providence Formation (Keokuk) of Scott County Indiana USA. This creature existed in the Mississippian Period. Thanks to Kenny for this image.


Monday, December 28, 2015

Unidentified Gastropod Fossil

This image is of an unidentified gastropod fossil. It was found in the New Providence Formation (Keokuk) of Scott County Indiana USA. This creature existed in the Mississippian Period. Thanks to Kenny for this image.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Cladoconchus Coral Fossil


This image is of a Cladoconchus sp. coral on an unidentified crinoid fossil. It was found in the New Providence Formation (Keokuk) of Scott County Indiana USA. These creatures existed in the Mississippian Period. Thanks to Kenny for this image.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Unidentified Crinoid Calyx Fossil


This image is of an unidentified crinoid calyx fossil plate. It was found in the Keokuk Formation of Scott County Indiana USA. This creature existed in the Mississippian Period.

Thanks to Kenny for this image.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Platycrinites hemisphericus Crinoid Calyx Plate

This image is of a Platycrinites hemisphericus crinoid calyx fossil plate. It was found in the Keokuk Formation of Scott County Indiana USA. This creature existed in the Mississippian Period.
Thanks to Kenny for the images.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas 2015


If you are viewing this blog I wish you a Merry Christmas. I hope 2016 brings you many good fossil finds.

This year's design features four fossils. They were all found in Grayson County Kentucky USA. Three different crinoid fossils were used for the tree trunk, ornaments and star. The tree body was a horn coral. I do not know their names but they are from the Mississippian Period (Carboniferous).

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Cancer sp. Crab Fossil


Here is a picture of a Cancer sp. crab fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period.


Image taken in June 2014.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Palaeocarpillus Crab Fossil


Here is a picture of a Palaeocarpillus sp. crab fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the Eocene Epoch of Paleogene Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Cornulites proprius on an Eospirifer radiatus


These images show an Eospirifer radiatus brachiopod fossil with a fossilized Cornulites proprius worm tube. It was found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County Indiana USA. These creatures existed in the Silurian Period.





Sunday, December 20, 2015

Thecidea papillata Brachiopod Fossil


These images are of Thecidea papillata (von Schlotheim) brachiopod fossil. It existed in the upper Cretaceous Period (Upper Maastrichtian). Found in Lichenberg Horizon of Maastricht Netherlands.



Thanks to Clive for these brachiopods.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Origins of Life Video


I watched a promo video from the U.K.'s Natural History Museum in London for David Attenborough's First Life. They have some great Cambrian creature animations in this. After searching around YouTube a bit I found that they belonged to a 2010 Atlantic Productions documentary called First Life. Found on YouTube here:

Friday, December 18, 2015

Animated Ammonite


Still playing the Jurassic World game on my phones. The ludia company has opened up the the aquatic park which has creatures I actually started playing the game for in the first place to see. Very nice animations and this post shows some of the images of the ammonite. It is odd that most of the creatures on land or in the air have genus names but they when with a very generic name ammonite for this creature.


Here is an embed of a short 2 minute animation of this creature on YouTube.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Lophophore of a Terebratula Brachiopod Fossil


This picture is of a Terebratula brachiopod fossil with an exposed lophophore.  It was on display at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Pygope diphya Brachiopod Fossil


This picture is of a Pygope diphya brachiopod fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the upper Jurassic Period. It was found in Tirolo of northern Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Pereginella garganica Brachiopod Fossil


This picture is of a Pereginella garganica brachiopod fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the Lower Cretaceous Period (Epoch Neocomian). It was found in Maiolica Formation (?) of Monte Gargano of southern Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

Learn more at this site: http://www.academia.edu/11348463/New_species_of_Peregrinella_Brachiopoda_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_the_Gargano_Promontory_southern_Italy_

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Otoceras Fossil


This picture is of an Otoceras sp. ammonite fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the Permian Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Hildaites serpentinus Ammonite Fossil


This picture is of a Hildaites serpentinus (Rein.) ammonite fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the early Jurassic Period (lower Toarcian). The fossil was found Holzmaden, Bavaria, Germany.

Image taken in June 2014.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Harpoceras subplanatum Ammonite Fossil


This picture is of a Harpoceras subplanatum ammonite fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the early Jurassic Period (lower Toarcian). The fossil was found Holzmaden, Bavaria, Germany.

UPDATE: Originally called this Harpoceras falcifer but changed it to H. subplanatum

Image taken in June 2014.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Schlotheimia angulata Ammonite Fossil


This picture is of a Schlotheimia angulata ammonite fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the early Jurassic Period (Lias). The fossil is probably from Germany.

Image taken in June 2014.

Ceratites nodosus Ammonite Fossil


This picture is of an Ceratites nodosus (Brug.) ammonite fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the Triassic Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Heterogyra Coral Fossil


This picture is of a Heterogyra sp. coral fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Corals like this existed at the time of the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene Period. The fossil was found in the Castelgomberto Formation of Monte Grumi Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Castanea kubinyi Plant Fossil


This picture is of a Castanea kubinyi plant fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Plants like this existed at the time of the Miocene epoch of the Neogene Period. The fossil was found in S. Angelo Senigallia Marche Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.