Spatiopora Bryozoan Fossil

This image is of a Spatiopora (Ulrich, 1882) bryozoan fossil. It was found in the area of Cincinnati Ohio USA. The fossil dates to the Ordovician Period.

Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

Orthoceratidae Cephalopod Fossil

This image is of an Orthoceratidae cephalopod fossil. It was found in the area of Cincinnati Ohio USA. The fossil dates to the Ordovician Period.

Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

Rafinesquina ponderosa Brachiopod Fossil

This image is of a Rafinesquina ponderosa (Hayes and Ulrich, 1903) brachiopod fossil. It was found in the area of Cincinnati Ohio USA. The fossil dates to the Ordovician Period.

Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

 

Grewingkia canadensis Horn Coral Fossils

 

This image is of a Grewingkia canadensis (Billings, 1862) horn coral fossil with some borings. It was found in the area of Cincinnati Ohio USA. The fossil dates to the Ordovician Period.

 

Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024. The image below is of another horn coral fossil which might have a piece of a Cryptolithus cephalon trilobite.

 

Cyathophyllum heliantoides Coral Fossil

This image is of a Cyathophyllum heliantoides (Goldfuss, 1826) coral fossil. It was found in Eifel, Germany. The horn coral lived in the Devonian Period.

 
Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

Spirifer laevicosta Brachiopod Fossil

 

This image is of a Spirifer laevicosta brachiopod fossil. It was found in Eifel, Germany. The brachiopod lived in the Devonian Period.

 
Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

 

Lucina proavia Pelecypod Fossil

 

This image is of a Lucina proavia  (Goldfuss, 1841) pelecypod fossil. It was found in Eifel, Germany. The bivalve existed in the Devonian Period.

 
Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

Columnariq sulcata Coral Fossil

 

This image is of a Columnariq sulcata  plant fossil. It was found in Eifel, Germany. The coral existed in the Devonian Period.

 
Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

Cycadopteris brauniana Plant Fossil

 

This image is of a Cycadopteris brauniana plant fossil. It was found in Verona, Italy. 

 
Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

 

Pterophyllum rectum Plant Fossil

 

This image is of a Pterophyllum rectum (Stur, 1885) plant fossil. It was found in Lunz, Austria. The fossil dates to the Late Triassic Period.

 
Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.

Carabocrinus vancortleandti Crinoid Fossil

Here is a picture of a crinoid calyx identified as Carabocrinus vancortleandti (Billings, 1859) fossil at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.  The creature lived during the Ordovician Period. It might have been found in Canada.

The species was named by young lawyer from Ottawa, Canada named Elkanah Billings. He would later be Canada's first official paleontologist. In his 1859 publication, On the Crinoideae of the Lower Silurian Rocks of Canada, Billings wrote, "The species is dedicated to Dr. E. Vancortlandt, of the city of Ottawa, whose zeal in the advancement of science has been productive of many beneficial results," The Ottawa Citizen newspaper wrote in a 2020 article about the Victorian era curio collector Dr. Edward Van Cortlandt who collected holotype fossil of this species.

Persististrombus latus Gastropod Fossil

Here is a picture of a gastropod Strombus bubonius (Lamarck, 1822) fossil at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.  The creature lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. It was found at Vallebiaia, Toscany, Italy.

Another name it is referred to is Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791).

Mya truncata Pelecypod Fossil

Here is a picture of a pelecypod Mya truncata (Linnaeus, 1758) fossil housed in a display case at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.  The creature lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. It was found at Monte Mario, Lazio, Italy.

Panopea norvegica Fossil

Here is a picture of a pelecypod Panopea norvegica (A.T. von Middendorff, 1849) fossil housed in a display case at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.  The creature lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. It was found at Monte Mario, Lazio, Italy.

Strombus bubonius Fossil

Here is a picture of a gastropod Strombus bubonius (Lamarck, 1822) fossil at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.  The creature lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. It was found at Vallebiaia, Toscany, Italy.

Another name it is referred to is Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791).

Pecten jacobaeus Fossil

Here is a picture of a pelecypod Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) fossil housed in a display case at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.  The creature lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. It was found at Monte Mario, Lazio, Italy.

Otozamites trevisani Plant Fossil

This image is of an Otozamites trevisani plant fossil. The plant may have existed in the Pliocene Epoch. Fossil was found in Roverè di Velo, Verona Italy.

Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.