Plate of Promicroceras Ammonite Fossils

Picture of plate of Promicroceras (Spath, 1925) ammonite fossils. Found in Charmouth, Dorset, England. Creatures existed in the Lower Jurassic Period (190 million years ago; upper Sinemurian age). Common ammonite found in the Black Ven Marl on the coasts of Lyme Regis and Charmouth.

Genus named by Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957) in 1925.

Thanks to Dale for letting me take this picture.

Ukrainian Sea Scorpion Fossils

Here are some pictures of Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer, 1839) sea scorpion fossils. These creatures existed in the Silurian Period. Specimens were found at Kamenets Podolsky, Ukraine.

Thanks to Dale for allowing these pictures.

Platyceras dumosum Snail Fossil (ex-museum specimen)

 

This fossil is a Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840) spiny snail (gastropod). It was found at the Falls of the Ohio in Clark County, Indiana USA. Fossils cannot be collected at the Falls any more but this one came from a de-accessioned museum collection in Michigan. The layer it was found is called the Jeffersonville Limestone which dates to the Middle Devonian Period.

 Judging from by the color this fossil might have been collected over 100 years ago.

The genus Platyceras was named by Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803-1877) in Third Annual Report on the Palaeontological Department of the Survey. New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 4(1):199-207 1840.

Thanks to Dale for letting me take these pictures.