Coelodonta antiquitatis Rhinoceros Fossil

 

Here is a picture of a woolly rhinoceras skull of a Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) 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 in Siberia Russia.

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.

Shell Fossils at Florence Italy Mineral Museum

Here are some pictures from a mineral museum of calcite specimen found in the state of Florida of the United States. Fossils are probably the Giant Venus Clam fossil (aka Mercenaria permagna) of the Fort Drum Member, Nashua Formation of Ruck's Pit in Okeechobee County, Florida, USA. This animal lived in the Calabrian Stage (780,000 years ago to 1.8 million years ago) of the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period.

Specimen was on display at the la Specola Museo Di Zoologia Ceropastica e Mineralogia (Florence, Italy) (August 2024).

Homotherium crenatidens Tiger Fossil

 

This image is of the cranium and mandible of a Homotherium crenatidens saber-tooth tiger fossil. The animal existed in the Pleistocene Epoch. Fossil was discovered in 1870 near Sammerzzano, Upper Valdarno, Italy.


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

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotherium

Chama placentina Fossil

Here is a picture of a Chama placentina (Defrance, 1817) bivalve fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the ocean at the time of the Pleistocene Epoch. Fossil was found in Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

Ursus spelaeus Skeleton

This cave bear skeleton was on display at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City in July 2018. The specimen was named Ursus spelaeus (Rosenmüller, 1794). It was found in the Cave of Mokrau at Moravia, Czechoslovakia and dates to the Pleistocene Epoch (14,000 years ago). Accession number is AMNH 39416 and gifted to Columbia University in 1945. 

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

Glyptodon clavipes Fossil

This picture is of a Glyptodon clavipes (Owen, 1839) glyptodont fossil. It was found in Boliva. The fossil dates to the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million to 10,000 years ago). Named by Richard Owen (1804-1892) who is remembered as coining the term dinosaurs.

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.

Here is another one I saw at a special exhibit at that Museum of Natural History and Science in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2013. That fossil was found in Argentina.

https://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2013/08/pleistocene-glyptodon-fossil.html

Busycon rucksorum Gastropod Fossil

This posts shows some images of a snail fossil (appears to be Busycon rucksorum Petuch 1994) of the Fort Drum Member, Nashua Formation of Ruck's Pit in Okeechobee County, Florida, USA. This animal lived in the Calabrian Stage (780,000 years ago to 1.8 million years ago) of the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period.

Thanks to Mary Ann for giving me this fossil so many years ago.

UV Fluorescent Mercenaria Clam Fossil

This post shows some images of a Giant Venus Clam fossil (aka Mercenaria permagna) of the Fort Drum Member, Nashua Formation of Ruck's Pit in Okeechobee County, Florida, USA. This animal lived in the Calabrian Stage (780,000 years ago to 1.8 million years ago) of the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period.

What is special about this fossil is that the calcite crystals that form inside the shell are yellow fluorescent to ultraviolet (UV) light. The above image was using an LED array to illuminate it.

Thanks to Rusty for this fossil.

Cranium Fossil of a "Tuscany lion"

Picture of the cranium fossil of a Panthera toscana (aka panther, Tuscany lion, Tuscany jaguar). It was found near Olivola, Val di Magra, Italy in 1890. This fossil dates to the late Pliocene Epoch to early Pleistocene Epoch (Villafranchian age) of the Neogene Period.

Thought to be an ancestor of the European jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis).

Picture taken at Orciano Pisano Whale Exhibit in Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) on August 2019.

Learn more at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany_lion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_gombaszoegensis

Panthera toscana Mandible Fossil

Picture of the mandible fossil (right jaw) of a Panthera toscana (aka panther, Tuscany lion, Tuscany jaguar). It was found near S. Maria al Tasso, Upper Valdarno, Italy in 1885. This fossil dates to the late Pliocene Epoch to early Pleistocene Epoch (Villafranchian age) of the Neogene Period.

Thought to be an ancestor of the European jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis).


Picture taken at Orciano Pisano Whale Exhibit in Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) on August 2019.

Learn more at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany_lion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_gombaszoegensis

Carolinapecten eboreus Scallop Fossil

This image is of a Carolinapecten eboreus scallop fossil. The fossil was found in Horry County South Carolina USA. It dates to the Pleistocene Epoch. It is possible the fossil was found in the Waccamaw Formation. The specimen was on display at The Charleston Museum on August 2017. It is one of the United States oldest museums being founded in 1773.

Sus strozzii Fossil

This image is of the head of a Sus strozzii wild boar fossil. The animal existed in the Pleistocene Epoch. Fossil was discovered in 1867 near Vacchereccia, Upper Valdarno, Italy.


Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2019.

Bison priscus Fossil

Bison priscus mammal fossil on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019. The fossil was found in Serbia. It dates to the upper Pleistocene Epoch (10 million - 80,000 years ago).

Mammuthus primigenius Fossil Tooth

This fossil tooth is thought to be a Mammuthus primigenius. It was found in Scott County, Indiana. The creature existed in the Pleistocene Epoch.


The tooth is on display at the geology department at Indiana University Southeast (IUS) of New Albany, Indiana as of November 2018.

Odobenus rosmarus Walrus Fossil

This image is of an Odobenus rosmarus walrus fossil on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). It dates to the Pleistocene Epoch (about 200,000-100,000 years ago). The fossil was found in Alaska 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/