Bothriolepis - Primitive Armored Fish Fossil

Here is a picture of a partial Bothriolepis maxima fossil. It is missing its tail section. It was found in the "Old Red Sandstone" of the Baltic region of Europe. The fossil is now part of the Cincinnati Museum Center collection, accession number VP9132.

The creature is a placoderm of the Upper Devonian Period (375 million years ago). It is classified as a river or lake bottom dwelling antiarch.

When this picture was taken it was on display at Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science as of August 2013. It was donated by Walter L. Gross III.

Waldron Shale Fossil Astylospongia

Astylospongia praemorsa sponge fossil found in the Silurian Period Waldron Shale of Indiana.

For more information, see this previous posting.

Paradoxides pinus? Trilobite Fossil

The label for this fossil says it is a Paradoxides pinus trilobite from the Paleozoic Era. I would guess it is some sort of Paradoxides trilobite from the Cambrian Period found in Morocco. If I recall this fossil is pretty large, maybe the size of dinner plate.

This fossil is on display at the geology department at Indiana University Southeast (IUS) of New Albany, Indiana as of August 2013.