Hippurites rudiosus Mollusc Fossil

The image is of a Rudist mollusc shell fossil Hippurites rudiosus Des Moulins on display at the British Natural History Museum in London. These creatures existed in the Late Cretaceous Period. It was found Charente France.

Picture taken August 2016.

Stylemys nebrascensis Tortoise Fossil

This image is of a tortoise carapace fossil Stylemys nebrascensis on display at the British Natural History Museum in London. This creature existed in the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene Period. It was found in the western United States.

Picture taken August 2016.

Cephalopod Fossil Almost as Tall as Door

While on a recent visit to the Musée de Mineralogie (Mineralogy Museum) located at the MINES ParisTech, 60 Boulevard Saint-Michel 75006 Paris France, a saw the most amazing fossil. It was a straight shelled cephalopod fossil that was over a meter long. I think the label listed in French read Orthoceras Paleozoic.

The fossil reminds me of the Ordovician cephalopod fossils we find in Kentucky but on a so much larger scale. I was surprised to find it in a mineral museum and not one on paleontology.

If you get a chance visit the museum in Paris and see this specimen for yourself. The museum appeared to be located on the 2nd floor of a university building and it appeared to be staffed by students and professors. There was a small admission fee. The brochure describes it as the cases and architecture as being from the middle 19th century (no A/C). Over 4,000 specimens are on display that belong to a collection of over 100,000 with some added to the collection over 250 years ago.

Learn more at their web site: www.musee.mines-paristech.fr