Idmonea Bryozoan Fossil

Here is a picture of a Idmonea clathrata bryozoan fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

Acanthocladia Bryozoan Fossil

Here is a picture of a Acanthocladia anceps bryozoan fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the upper Permian Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Crassatella Pelecypod Fossil Evidence of Predation

The shell fossil in the first picture shows signs of predation probably from some sort of gastropod. These fossils appear to be Crassatella vadosus pelecypods (named by Morton 1834). They existed during the Cretaceous Period (about 70 million years ago). This fossil was found in McNairy County, Tennessee (Ripley Formation).

See their identification PDF at this LINK.

Learn more about these fossils at the Coon Creek Science Center web site: http://www.memphismuseums.org/coon_creek-overview

Fossils from the Herb Miracle collection.