Echinocorus vulgaris

This fossil is called Echinocorus vulgaris from the Cretaceous Period.  Found in the region of Navarra, Spain.  Thanks to Dave at Views of the Mahantango for this fossil.  UPDATE: Whoops! The genus name was originally spelled incorrectly and it now fixed.

Myripristis laptacanthus - Fish Fossil

Fossil fish (Myripristis laptacanthus) found in Italy.  Fish swam around about 50 million years ago (early Eocene Epoch, Paleogene Period).  Fossil displayed at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2010).

Clupea catopygoptera - Fish Fossil

Fossil fish (Clupea catopygoptera) found in Italy.  Fish swam around about 50 million years ago (early Eocene Epoch, Paleogene Period).  Fossil displayed at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2010).