Monday, December 21, 2015
Cornulites proprius on an Eospirifer radiatus
These images show an Eospirifer radiatus brachiopod fossil with a fossilized Cornulites proprius worm tube. It was found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County Indiana USA. These creatures existed in the Silurian Period.
Labels:
brachiopod,
silurian,
waldron shale,
worm tube
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Thecidea papillata Brachiopod Fossil
These images are of Thecidea papillata (von Schlotheim) brachiopod fossil. It existed in the upper Cretaceous Period (Upper Maastrichtian). Found in Lichenberg Horizon of Maastricht Netherlands.
Thanks to Clive for these brachiopods.
Labels:
brachiopod,
Cretaceous,
maastrichtian,
netherlands
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Origins of Life Video
I watched a promo video from the U.K.'s Natural History Museum in London for David Attenborough's First Life. They have some great Cambrian creature animations in this. After searching around YouTube a bit I found that they belonged to a 2010 Atlantic Productions documentary called First Life. Found on YouTube here:
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