These fossils appear to be Bembexia sulcomarginata? (Conrad 1842) gastropods. They were found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana USA. The fossils date to the Middle Devonian Period.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Bembexia Snail Fossil
These fossils appear to be Bembexia sulcomarginata? (Conrad 1842) gastropods. They were found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana USA. The fossils date to the Middle Devonian 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
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