Saturday, June 23, 2012

Bottom Valve Silurian Leptaena

This is one of the best preserved bottom valves I have found of a Leptaena waldronensis brachiopod fossil. The fossil has been air abrasive cleaned. It was found in the Silurian Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Poloniproductus varians Brachiopod


Poloniproductus varians Biernat (1966) brachiopod fossil found in Holy Cross Mountains of Skaly, Poland. This fossil is from the Eifelian (Devonian) Period.

Learn more at this paper GENUS  POLONIPRODUCTUS  NOV.  (BRACHIOPODA, DEVONIAN) by Gertruda Biernat and Stanislas S. Lazarev in Palaeontologica (1988) at this web link.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Saccocoma pectinata Crinoid



This fossil is the remains of a floating crinoid called the Saccocoma pectinata. Found in the famous Solnhofen Limestone of Eichstätt, Bayern, Germany. Dated to the Jurassic Period. This amazing creature would have been a sight to see when it was alive floating in the Tethys Sea.