Agathiphyllia gregaria Coral Fossil

Here is a picture of an Agathiphyllia gregaria coral fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Fossil was found in Belforte Monferrato Alessandris Piemonte Italy. It dates to the Oligocene Epoch.

Image taken in June 2014.

Tinca tarsiger Fish Fossil

 

This fish fossil was on display at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City in July 2018. The specimen was named Tinca tarsiger (Garsault, 1764). This fish belongs to the minnow or carp family. It was found at Rott, Germany and dates to the Late Oligocene Epoch (25 million years ago). Accession number is AMNH 778.

Learn more about the museum at https://www.amnh.org/

Quercus berryi Leaf Fossil

Above is a picture of an oak leaf plant fossil called Quercus berryi (Trelease, 1918). This plant fossil dates to the Oligocene Epoch (33.7-23.8 million years ago). It was found in the state of Oregon, USA. While not listed on the label, this might be from the John Day Basin.

The fossil was on display in the Evolving Planet section of The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago Illinois, USA as of August 2020. Accession number is UP525. It is part of a plant leaf fossil collection on display.

Renamed by William Trelease (1857-1945) in 1918. The Ancient Oaks of America. Memoirs of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden 1: 492–501. It looks to me he changed the name of Q. breweri Lesquereux 1883 not Wats. to Q. berryi n. nom.

Waipatiid Cetacean Fossil

This image is of a waipatiid cetacean whale-like fossil(?) on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). It dates to the Oligocene Epoch (about 28-26 million years ago), Paleogene Period.

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/

The images below are of an unnamed Odontocete whale fossil. It was found in Chandler Bridge Formation, Village Green Subdivision, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA.

Xenorophid Whale Skull Fossil

This image is of a Xenorophus sp. whale skull fossil on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). It dates to the Oligocene Epoch (about 32-30 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period. The fossil was found in Ashley Formation, Charleston County 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/

Odontocete Whale Skull Fossil

This image is of a Cotylocara macei whale skull fossil on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). It is named after Mace Brown. It dates to the Oligocene Epoch (about 28 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period. The fossil was found in Chandler Bridge Formation, Bed 2, Berkeley County 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/

Brontops Skull Fossil

This image is of a Brontops robustus rhino-like skull fossil on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). Its name means thunder face (bront ops). It dates to the Early Oligocene Epoch (about 34-32 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period. The fossil was found in Custer 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/

Subhyracodon Rhino Skull Fossil

This image is of a Subhyracodon occidentalis rhino skull fossil on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). The animal it belonged to is a cow sized extinct hornless rhino-like creature. It dates to the Early Oligocene Epoch (about 33 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/

Austrian Tree Fossil

This picture is of coniferous tree twig that has turned to coal.  It was found in Austria. 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

Here is an interesting fossil that resides in the Bellarmine University Geoscience Collection located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a tortoise shell fossil found in the Brules Formation of Nebraska. The fossil appears to be from the Stylemys nebrascensis. The creature roamed the Earth during the Oligocene Epoch (about 30 million years ago.

Learn more about this type of fossil at the University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History web site.

Callianopsis Shrimp Claw Fossil

Here is a fossil I profiled in August 2012. My cousin brought this back from Washington state and yesterday he prepped it. This picture shows a picture of it August and now January 2013.
We think this is a claw from a ghost or mud shrimp called Callianopsis. The fossil could be from the Lincoln Creek formation of the Oligocene epoch.

Thanks Kenny for the pictures!

Washington State Ghost Shrimp Fossil Claws

These two images are what I think are Callianopsis clallamensis shrimp fossil claws. They might also be referred to as ghost or mud shrimp. Fossils are from the Washington state area and could be from either the Lincoln Creek or Pysht formations. The date of the fossils is to the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene Period. The fossils were acquired by my cousin in a trade of fossils from the Louisville Kentucky area on a recent visit to the area.

Learn more about fossils from that area of Washington state, USA as this nice crab fossil web site: www.fossilcrabs.com

Thanks to Teri for the pictures.

Otolith Fossil + Foraminifera

This fossil image is of a Kobrow, Germany otolith from the Oligocene Epoch.

This next fossil is a foraminifera friend called Lenticulina simplex.

These fossil pictures are compliments of my cousin Kenny.

Foraminifera of Kobrow

The first three pictures of the foraminifera is called Elphidium subnodosum (also known as Elphidiella) found in Sternberger Kuchen at Kobrow, Germany. Creature existed in the Upper Oligocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period (65-28 million years ago).  Images all magnified 40x by a microscope.

Thanks to Michael Hesemann at the German website http://www.foraminifera.eu for these specimens.

UPDATED: Thanks to Howard and Michael for the corrected identifications.
 

These next two foraminifera fossils are Palmula obliqua.

These next two images are Lenticulina sp.

These next two fossils are earstones of fish called otoliths (as identified by Michael's comment).  Learn more about otoliths at this link.

Dentalina globifera Foraminifera

This fossil was just received from Michael Hesemann at the German website http://www.foraminifera.eu

The foraminifera is called Dentalina globifera found in Sternberger Kuchen at Kobrow, Germany.  Creature existed in the Upper Oligocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period (65-28 million years ago).