This fossil reptile skull and jaw were displayed on August 2022, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is called Probelesodon minor (Romer, 1973). The creature lived during the middle Triassic Period. Fossil was found in 1965 in the Chañares Formation of La Rioja Province of Argentina.
Friday, September 16, 2022
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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).
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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.
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