Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Cancer sp. Crab Fossil


Here is a picture of a Cancer sp. crab fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period.


Image taken in June 2014.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Palaeocarpillus Crab Fossil


Here is a picture of a Palaeocarpillus sp. crab fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the Eocene Epoch of Paleogene Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Cornulites proprius on an Eospirifer radiatus


These images show an Eospirifer radiatus brachiopod fossil with a fossilized Cornulites proprius worm tube. It was found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County Indiana USA. These creatures existed in the Silurian Period.