Bumastus Trilobite Cephalon

 Here is a nice fossil that was embedded in quite a bit of hard Waldron Shale. My cousin using an air scribe coaxed it out into the public view after about two hours of work. The trilobite cephalon is a species of the genus Bumastus.  The limestone layer it was found in dates to the Silurian period or about 420 million years ago.

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.

Mystery Gastropod Fossils from Romania

Salut! These pictures show gastropod fossils found in Romania. They are from a region that use to be the Sarmatic Sea which I think is Miocene in age (5-7 million years ago).

What their names are is a mystery to me.  So if there are any fossil detectives out there and you can solve this naming enigma... let me know. Mulţumesc!

Thanks to Stanca for the pictures.