Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Coelodonta antiquitatis Rhinoceros Fossil

 


Here is a picture of a woolly rhinoceras skull of a Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) fossil at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Florence Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze) in August 2024.  The creature lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. It was found in Siberia Russia.

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Bathrotomaria regalis


This image is of a Bathrotomaria regalis (Roemer, 1841) gastropod fossil. The animal existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Haldem, Germany. Fossil was on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) on August 2024.

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Nummulite Fossils from Crete


Nummulites
(Lamarck, 1881) foraminifera fossils found at Matala, Crete, Greece.

Specimen was on display at the la Specola Museo Di Zoologia Ceropastica e Mineralogia (Florence, Italy) (August 2024).