Fossil fish (Clupea catopygoptera) found in Italy. Fish swam around about 50 million years ago (early Eocene Epoch, Paleogene Period). Fossil displayed at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2010).
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Clupea catopygoptera - Fish Fossil
Fossil fish (Clupea catopygoptera) found in Italy. Fish swam around about 50 million years ago (early Eocene Epoch, Paleogene Period). Fossil displayed at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2010).
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Protomimosoidea buchananensis Flower Fossil
Legume-like flower (Protomimosoidea buchananensis) from the Eocene Epoch (Paleogene Period). Early flower that existed about 52 million years ago. Displayed at Smithsonian National Museum on Natural History in 2010.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Silurian Brachiopods - Indiana
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| Eospirifer radiatus |
Brachiopods shown are: Atrypa reticularis?, Eospirifer eudora, Eospirifer radiatus, Homoeospira evax, Laptaena waldronensis, Meristina maria, Parmorthis waldronensis, Rhynchotreta cuneata, Stegerhynchus sp., and Whitfieldella nitida.
These 10 fossils are from Middle Silurian Period (423-418 million years ago). All fossils were found in Clark County Indiana USA in the Waldron Shale.
They are now for sale till July 22, 2011: CLICK HERE for eBay listing
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