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_