Bread that Looks Like a Trilobite

While in Rome, Italy I find it to be cost effective to visit the grocery stores to find low cost drinks, food and household supplies. One store chain I like to visit is the Punto Simply stores. You can find some good deals on water, apple juice, wines, olive oil, and breads.

A bread we picked up at the bakery was the one pictured that looked some what like an ancient extinct sea creature known as a trilobite. It tasted pretty good! Ciao.

Sources:
http://www.simplymarket.it/

Choristites mosquensis Brachiopod Fossil of Russia

Here is a picture of a fossil housed in a display case at the Geologia building located on the campus of Sapienza University of Rome. The case can be found on the second floor of the building. The brachiopod fossil is called Choristites mosquensis. It lived in Carboniferous Period. The specimen was found in the Russia (maybe near Moscow?). Image taken in June 2014.

Sources:
http://www.ammonit.ru/foto/5687.htm

http://www.eco-mnepu.narod.ru/fbrah.htm

Stegosaurus Dinosaur Stamp from 1965

Here is a picture of the Stegosaurus dinosaur stamp. It was issued in 1965 by the small republic of San Marino (located on the Italian peninsula). It had a value of 10 lire but the country now uses the euro as their currency. The stamp was part of collection of nine issued that year. The United States issued a stamp for this dinosaur in 1989 (see my blog post about it here).

The Stegosaurus existed in the Late Jurassic Period (155-150 mya). The fossil was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1877.

San Marino is a very small country located inside of northern Italy. It is about 61 square kilometers in size with a population of about 30,000 people. One of their chief sources of income is tourism. They sell stamps and coins to tourists. More than likely these dinosaur stamps were part that income stream.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_marino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_San_Marino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus