Protomimosoidea buchananensis Flower Fossil

Legume-like flower (Protomimosoidea buchananensis) from the Eocene Epoch (Paleogene Period). Early flower that existed about 52 million years ago.  Displayed at Smithsonian National Museum on Natural History in 2010.

Silurian Brachiopods - Indiana

Eospirifer radiatus

Brachiopods shown are: Atrypa reticularis?, Eospirifer eudora, Eospirifer radiatus, Homoeospira evax, Laptaena waldronensis, Meristina maria, Parmorthis waldronensis, Rhynchotreta cuneata, Stegerhynchus sp., and Whitfieldella nitida. 

These 10 fossils are from Middle Silurian Period (423-418 million years ago). All fossils were found in Clark County Indiana USA in the Waldron Shale.

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Gracillariid Leaf Mine Fossil

Leaf mine fossil made by moth caterpillar (Gracillariid sp.) from the Cretaceous Period.  Fossil on display (2010) at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Washington D.C.

Display lists it as "The scar on this fossil leaf shows where a moth tunneled into the leaf to feed on the plant tissue."