Monday, September 12, 2016

Prone Flexicalymene Trilobite Fossil


This fossil was recently found in Trimble County Kentucky USA. It appears to be Flexicalymene meeki trilobite fossil. The fossil dates to the Ordovician Period and may be from the Drake Formation. How well it will prep up remains to be seen.


Thanks to Kenny for letting me take a picture of it.

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Hippurites rudiosus Mollusc Fossil



The image is of a Rudist mollusc shell fossil Hippurites rudiosus Des Moulins on display at the British Natural History Museum in London. These creatures existed in the Late Cretaceous Period. It was found Charente France.

Picture taken August 2016.

Friday, September 9, 2016

Stylemys nebrascensis Tortoise Fossil


This image is of a tortoise carapace fossil Stylemys nebrascensis on display at the British Natural History Museum in London. This creature existed in the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene Period. It was found in the western United States.

Picture taken August 2016.