Stegosaurus Postage Stamp

Here is a cancelled dinosaur stamp I found in my collection. It was part of set of 4 dinosaur/reptile stamps the U.S. Postal Service released in 1989.  The animals they selected were the Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Brontosaurus (Apatosaurus shown on stamp).  The fourth animal on the stamps was the Pteranodon which is not a dinosaur but a flying reptile.

The Stegosaurus was a dinosaur found in the Late Jurassic Period.  According to Wikipedia, its name means "roof lizard".

Earlier I posted the Tyrannosaurus stamp HERE.

Extraordinary Fossils Lecture by Derek Briggs

Trinity College Dublin posted a fossil lecture video on YouTube on December 23, 2010. The lecture is by Professor Derek Briggs, Director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History entitled Extraordinary fossils Windows on the history of life on Earth. The location was the Botany Lecture Theatre of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Lecture was given on December 10, 2010.

Learn more about Derek Briggs HERE and the Briggs Laboratory HERE Thanks to pleecan for posting a message about this video on the Fossil Forum.

Platystoma niagarensis

 Fossil is the Playstoma niagarensis found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana.  This is a somewhat large fossil for this locale measuring about 3 cm in diameter.

If you would like to purchase this fossil, CLICK HERE.