Placenticeras Ammolite Fossil

 

 

This fossil was displayed on August 2022, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge,Massachusetts, USA. It is an ammonite fossil is called Placenticeras (Meek, 1870). The creature lived during the Upper Cretaceous Period (80 million years ago). Fossil was found in Bearpaw Formation on the Blackfeet Reservation of southern Alberta, Canada. Specimen on loan to museum from the Mineral Trust.

The amazing iridescent colors are the mineral ammolite (aragonite).

Aeger tipularis Prawn Fossil

This fossil was displayed on August 2022, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge,Massachusetts, USA. This prawn fossil is called Aeger tipularis (Schlotheim, 1822). The crustacean lived during the Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian Stage). Fossil was found Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, Germany. Catalog number is MCZ106308.

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IP:106308

Eurypterus remipes Eurypterid Fossil

 

This fossil was displayed on August 2022, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge,Massachusetts, USA. This eurypterid fossil is called Eurypterus remipes (Dekay, 1825).  This sea scorpion lived during the Silurian Period. This specimen was found in Litchfield, New York which is famous for this type of fossil.