Merry Fossil Christmas 2016

It has become a tradition for me to each year to Photoshop a fossil Christmas tree image together. This year I went in a little different and used a fossil I 3D printed. The tree consists of a Megalodon tooth printed on a RepRapGuru printer and using the Repetier Host software with the Cura slicer. The print image can be found on Thingiverse and was posted by Emdahus.  I had to print with supports and then cut them out of the image, without them the print would move off the glass surface between layer 3-40.

Most prints have been with PLA filament from Hatchbox and 3D Solutech.

The fossil ornaments were ones I used on the 2014 Christmas image. http://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2014/12/merry-christmas-2014.html

Ogygiocaris Trilobite Fossil

This picture is an Ogygiocaris trilobite fossil . It was found in Builth, Wales. The fossil dates to the Ordovician Period.

It was on display at the British Natural History Museum in London on August 2016.

English Fern Fossil in Nodule

This picture is an unidentified fern fossil impressions . They were found in a clay-ironstone nodule in Tipton Staffordshire England. The fossil dates to the Carboniferous Period.

It was on display at the British Natural History Museum in London on August 2016.