Panthera toscana Mandible Fossil

Picture of the mandible fossil (right jaw) of a Panthera toscana (aka panther, Tuscany lion, Tuscany jaguar). It was found near S. Maria al Tasso, Upper Valdarno, Italy in 1885. This fossil dates to the late Pliocene Epoch to early Pleistocene Epoch (Villafranchian age) of the Neogene Period.

Thought to be an ancestor of the European jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis).


Picture taken at Orciano Pisano Whale Exhibit in Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) on August 2019.

Learn more at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany_lion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_gombaszoegensis

Holochroal Eye of Trilobite Fossil

The image above is of a holochroal eye of an Asaphus expansis trilobite fossil. It was found at Gillberga Quarry on the Baltic Sea island of Öland, Sweden on May 5, 1986. The fossil dates to the Lower Ordovician Period. I believe it was found at the Volkov Stage (Gillberga Limestone or old name Hjorthamn Limestone).

The original fossil was found by Dr. James Conkin and later prepped and photographed by Kenny Popp.

Learn more about this locality:
http://sarv.gi.ee/igcp503/IGCP503/page/Oeland.pdf

Favosites niagarensis Coral Fossil

My cousin Kenny sent me some images of something he had been working on recently. He extracted a silica coral fossil from a boulder using muratic acid. What emerged was a Favosites niagarensis coral with other corals or stromatoporoids. The fossil was found the Silurian Period Louisville Limestone of Jefferson County Kentucky USA.