Conoclypus Sea Urchin Fossils

Here are two pictures of a Conoclypus (Agassiz, 1839) echinoderm fossil found in Bad Häring, Tyrol, Austria. The fossil dates to the Miocene Epoch, Oligocene Period. Fossils were on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) on August 2024.

Trigonia osborni Jaw Fossil

This image is of a Trigonia osborni jaw fossil on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). The animal it belonged to is an extinct hornless rhino creature. It dates to the Early Oligocene Epoch (about 35 million years ago). The fossil was found in Pennington County South Dakota USA.

The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is located at the College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, 2nd Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29424.

Learn more at their blog: http://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/

Loggerhead Turtle Fossil

This image is of a Carolinachelys wilsoni loggerhead turtle fossil on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). They date to the Oligocene Epoch (about 11-5.3 million years ago), Paleogene Period. The fossil was found in Summerville South Carolina USA.

The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is located at the College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, 2nd Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29424.

Learn more at their blog: http://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/

Coeloma Crab Fossil from Russia

This image is of Coeloma taunicum crab fossils on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). They date to the Oligocene Epoch (about 25 million years ago), Paleogene Period. The fossil was found in Kazakhstan, Russia.

The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is located at the College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, 2nd Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29424.

Learn more at their blog: http://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/

Spider in Amber from Germany

This fossil is an unidentified spider trapped in a coniferous tree's amber . It was found in Germany. The fossil dates to the Oligocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period.

It was on display at the British Natural History Museum in London on August 2016.

Stylemys nebrascensis Tortoise Fossil

This image is of a tortoise carapace fossil Stylemys nebrascensis on display at the British Natural History Museum in London. This creature existed in the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene Period. It was found in the western United States.

Picture taken August 2016.

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.

Isle of Wight Charophyte

These pictures represent my first attempt at photographing a charophyte fossil.  The microscope is using a mixture of Celestron lens for a telescope to get different magnifications.  The one used for these pictures is 46x.  This specimen is from the Isle of Wight off the coast of England.  It is probably from the Eocene or Oligocene.

Looking at a paper by Monique Feist-Castel entitled Evolution of the Charophyte Floras in the Upper Eocene and Lower Oligocene of the Isle of Wight (1976), this fossil might be some sort of Harrisichara sp.

 Read the paper on-line:  http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2020/Pages%20143-157.pdf

Thanks to Dr. James Conkin of Louisville, Kentucky for letting me take pictures of this specimen.




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German Fossils of Kobrow

Kobrow, Germany fossils as observed under a magnifier. This first fossil is a segment of an unknown fish vertebrate. All fossils shown are from the Oligocene (33.9 to 23.0 million years ago).

This next fossil is no stranger to this blog being the Palmula obliqua foraminifera.

Last fossil is an unidentified shell fossil.

All images courtesy of my cousin Kenny,  Nice hunting with the microscope!