Platycrinites hemisphericus Crinoid Calyx Plate

This image is of a Platycrinites hemisphericus crinoid calyx fossil plate. It was found in the Keokuk Formation of Scott County Indiana USA. This creature existed in the Mississippian Period.

Thanks to Kenny for the images.

Merry Christmas 2015

If you are viewing this blog I wish you a Merry Christmas. I hope 2016 brings you many good fossil finds.

This year's design features four fossils. They were all found in Grayson County Kentucky USA. Three different crinoid fossils were used for the tree trunk, ornaments and star. The tree body was a horn coral. I do not know their names but they are from the Mississippian Period (Carboniferous).

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.