Monday, December 1, 2025

Hildoceras bifrons


This image is of a Hildoceras bifrons (Bruguière, 1789) ammonite fossil. The animal existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in England. Fossil was on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) on August 2024.

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Ophioderma egertoni


This image is of Ophioderma egertoni (Broderip, 1840) starfish fossil. Its new name is Palaeocoma milleri (Phillips, 1829). This animal existed in the Cretaceous Period. Fossil were found at Mary Anning's fossil hunting grounds: Lyme Regis, England.

Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2019.

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Hemiaster heberti Echinoid Fossils

This image is of Hemiaster heberti echinoid fossils. These animals existed in the Cretaceous Period. Fossils were found in Thebaid, Egypt.

Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2019.