Monday, January 16, 2017
3D Printed Turritella Shell
Here are several images of a Turritella shell printed on a 3D printer. The design was created in modeling software. Link here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13668
It was printed with glow in the dark PLA filament from 3D Solutech: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ME7NHJ8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here is a link to my friend Dave's blog showing a Cretaceous Turritella fossil:
http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/2012/05/turritella-shell-mold-from-mt-laurel.html
Cretaceous Turritella fossil from Mississippi:
http://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2013/04/cretaceous-turritella-fossil.html
Labels:
3d printing,
Cretaceous,
glow in the dark,
snail
Sunday, January 15, 2017
Nashville Tennessee Coral Fossil
My father found this fossil in Nashville, Tennessee. It appears to be Plasmopora sp. coral fossil. The time period would be Silurian. This website http://tennesseefossils.com/Geology05.php lists formations in that area as Decatur and Brownsport.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Fossil of a Leptictidium auderiense Shrew-like Creature
This picture is of a Leptictidium auderiense (Tobien, 1962) shrew-like fossil. It was found in the Messel Pit of Germany. Creature existed in the Paleogene Period, Eocene Epoch (Lutetian).
Fossil displayed at the Museum of Natural History in Paris France August 2016.
Labels:
eocene,
germany,
messel pit,
Muséum National D'Historie Paris,
paleogene,
shrew
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