Phacops rana Trilobite Fossil Pygidium

 

Recently, I was looking for a trilobite in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana USA. I did not find one, at a mostly intact one that is. The best I could do was find this fragment of limestone with part of what is probably a Phacops rana (Green, 1832) fossilized pygidium. Also seen in this piece of limestone is an unidentified bryozoan fossil. These fossils date to the middle Devonian Period.

Mesolimulus walchi Horseshoe Crab Fossil

Mesolimulus walchi (Desmarest, 1822) horseshoe crab fossil found at Eichstätt Germany. Fossil dates to Jurassic Period.

This fossil was on display at American Museum of Natural History in New York City USA as of July 2018.

Belonostomus kochii Fish Fossil

 

Fossil teleost skeleton of a Belonostomus kochii (Agassiz, 1844) on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City USA on July 2018. It's name means "needle-fish mouth". It was collected at Solnhofen, Germany. This creature existed in the late Jurassic Period.