Castanea Plant Fossil

Here is a picture of a Castanea kubinyi plant leaf fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Plants like this existed at the time of the Miocene Epoch of the Neogene Period. The fossil was found in S. Angelo, Senigaglia, Marche Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

German Pecopteris Pine Cone Fossil

Here is a picture of a Pecopteris acuta pine cone fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Plants like this existed at the time of the Carboniferous Period. The fossil was found in Essen, Germany.

Image taken in June 2014.

Poking Around in the Waldron Shale

Recently, I got a rare opportunity hunt for fossils in the Waldron Shale and a number of fossils were found. Nothing earth shattering but it was fun to get out after a long absence to poke around and see some familiar fossil friends.

This first image is of a fragment of a Trimerus trilobite pygidium. Not sure if it is all there in at least one lobe is and probably also the middle section as well. The next image is of a very flattened Dawsonoceras cephalopod that is about 10 cm long.

No trip to the Silurian Period Waldron Shale fossil layer would be complete without seeing the index fossil. The crinoid Eucalyptocrinus must have been prolific on the seabed as the calyx cups can be spotted in just a short search time.

The last two fossils are a trilobite cephalons. I am not sure which trilobites they belong to (Dalmanites?).
UPDATE: Kenny informs the next image is of a flattened Trimerus trilobite. I agree with that ID.