Saturday, August 30, 2014

Unidentified Insect Fossil - Miocene


Here is a picture of an unidentified insect fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the Miocene Epoch of Neogene Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Blatta indeterminata Insect Fossil


Here is a picture of a Blatta indeterminata insect fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the upper/late Cretaceous Period (ICS geological timescale: Cenomanian). Fossil was found in CearĂ , Brazil.

Image taken in June 2014.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Russian Cadoceras Ammonite Fossil


Here is a picture of a Cadoceras sp. ammonite fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the middle Jurassic Period (ICS geological timescale: Callovian). Fossil was found in Micailov, Russia.

Image taken in June 2014.