Here are some pictures of a what appears to be Unicinulus stricklandi brachiopod fossil. It was found at St. Paul Quarry in the Waldron Shale of Shelby County Indiana USA. The brachiopod existed in the Middle Silurian Period.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Unicinulus stricklandi Brachiopod
Here are some pictures of a what appears to be Unicinulus stricklandi brachiopod fossil. It was found at St. Paul Quarry in the Waldron Shale of Shelby County Indiana USA. The brachiopod existed in the Middle Silurian Period.
Friday, May 8, 2020
Cranium Fossil of a "Tuscany lion"
Picture of the cranium fossil of a Panthera toscana (aka panther, Tuscany lion, Tuscany jaguar). It was found near Olivola, Val di Magra, Italy in 1890. 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
Thursday, May 7, 2020
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
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