Showing posts with label sand dollar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sand dollar. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Tripneustes parkinsoni Sand Dollar Fossil


Tripneustes parkinsoni echinoid 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 France. It dates to the lower Miocene Epoch (20 million years ago).



Thursday, December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas 2014



I hope anyone reading this has a Merry Christmas. May the new year bring good health and fun fossil finds!

This year's design features three fossils. A fern fossil from Pennsylvanian Period for St. Clair Pennsylvania, a Pliocene sand dollar fossil from Mexico makes up the ornaments, and the star consists of a Cretaceous shark teeth from South Dakota.