It's National Fossil Day ™ in the United States.  There are no events planned in the area where I live.  Even so, I will try and fi...

Today's posting is a super rare treat! The fossil shown here is a paratype of the blastoid Orbitremites kentuckiensis .  This fossil ...

Here are some pictures of a trilobite cephalon that has been cleaned.  It was found in the Silurian Period Osgood Formation of Indiana. T...