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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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_

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pecopteris nervous oblongata Plant Fossil

This picture is of a Pecopteris nervous oblongata plant fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Plants like this existed at the time of the Carboniferous Period. The fossil was found in a unknown locality.

Image taken in June 2014.

50 Year Anniversary of Devonian Fossil Fish Find in Cleveland

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the start of excavating fossil fishes from their area. In 1965 construction to create I-71 road connecting downtown Cleveland with its southwestern suburbs revealed a treasure trove of Devonian fossils.

The animals fossilized after their remains sank to the ocean bottom and settled in to the sediment that would turn into the Cleveland Shale. The team worked on extracting fossils and shale from the project till 1968. Animals like the Cladoelache shark and Dunkelosteous arthrodire where found there.

See pictures and read more about it at the Cleveland Plain Dealer site http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/10/cleveland_museum_of_natural_hi_5.html

Paraspirifer bownockeri Brachiopod Fossil

This brachiopod fossil is called Paraspirifer bownockeri from the Silica Shale. It is from Sylvania, Ohio in Lucas County. The fossil dates from the Devonian Period.

Thanks to Vic for the fossil.

Goniorhynchia boueti Brachiopod Fossil

These images are of the brachiopod fossil Goniorhynchia boueti (Davidson). It was found in the Boueti Bed, Forest Marble, Great Oolite (Bathonian). The fossil was found in Herbury, Langton Herring, Dorset, England. It dates to Middle Jurassic Period.

Gryphus detoni Brachiopod Fossil

Gryphus detoni brachiopod fossils found in Elche, Spain. It is from the Miocene Period (Tertonian).

Jurassic Digonella digona Brachiopod Fossil

This brachiopod fossil is known as Digonella digona (Sowerby). It was found in Calcaire de Langrune Horizon of Luc sur mer, Normandy, France. It dates to the Middle Jurassic Period (Upper Bathonien).