Friday, July 31, 2015

Dinosaur Egg Fossils on Display

These pictures show dinosaur fossil eggs. It is thought more spherical or round eggs belong to herbivores while narrow and long eggs belonged to meat eating dinosaurs.


Inside of fossil egg that has mineralized.


Here is a model on display of what a baby dinosaur might look like.


Fossils were on display at Children's Museum of Indianapolis Dinosphere exhibit as of July 2015. They are on loan from John and Jack Hankla.

The museum was founded in 1925 and consists of an approximate 44,000 square meter facility on a 29 acre area site. Their natural science collection contains more than 10,000 items. Some of the items in the collection are the dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia, fossil of teenage T.rex, Christensen Mastodon, 3.5-4 billion year old Acasta Gneiss, and the Geisler geological collection. Learn more at this link.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Small Dasciocrinus Crinoid Calyx Fossil


This picture appears to show a Dasciocrinus sp. (Kirk, 1939) crinoid calyx fossil. It was found in the Big Clifty Formation of Crawford County, Indiana, USA. The fossil dates to the Mississippian Period. It is quite small about 1 cm tall.

Thanks to Kenny for the picture.

See more examples of this genus of fossil at: 

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Paladin chesterensis Trilobite Fossils


These pictures appear to show Paladin chesterensis (Weller and Weller, 1936) trilobite fossils. They were found in the Big Clifty Formation of Crawford County, Indiana, USA. The fossils date to the Mississippian Period.

Thanks to Kenny for the pictures.


Source:
http://www.amnh.org/our-research/paleontology/faq/trilobite-website/gallery-of-trilobites/carboniferous-period-trilobites/carboniferous-species-list/paladin-chesterensis

Have Rock Hammer Will Travel...Paladin