Finding Your Inner Fish Lecture

The University of Cincinnati Department of Geology and the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science Insights Lecture Series present "Finding Your Inner Fish" with lecturer Neil H. Shubin, Ph.D. Dr. Shubin is Paleontologist and Professor of Anatomy at the University of Chicago and Provost, The Field Museum. He will talk about is discovery of the Tiktaalik roseae animal. It has been dubbed the "missing link" between land animals and fish.

Holotype copy of Tiktaalik roseae in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Photo by Eduard Solà from Wikipedia
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

This event happens May 19, 2011 (Thursday) in the Reakirt Auditorium at the Cincinnati Museum. A reception will be held at 6 PM EST with viewing of the Tiktaalik roseae followed by a lecture at 7:30 PM. Dr. Shubin will have a signing at 9 PM for his book Your Inner Fish: A Journey Through the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Pantheon Press). Learn more at amazon.com

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Directions to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science can be found here: http://www.cincymuseum.org/information_center/hours_admissions_directions/

Brontosaurus (Apatosaurus) Stamp

The 25 cent U.S. Postage stamp featuring the dinosaur Brontosaurus (aka Apatosaurus) issued in 1989.  Read more about the controversy about this dinosaur's name on Wikipedia.

See previous posts featuring the other three stamps: Pteranodon, Tyrannosaurus, and Stegosaurus.

Favosites pirum Coral

 The colonial coral fossil Favosites pirum? found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky.  This almost spherical colony existed in the Middle Devonian Period.  It has taken some damage as the following photos will attest to.

Thanks to Alan for help with the identification.