FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Had you been swimming with the marine fossils that were laid down in the Eocene Epoch in Oregon, some 55 to 38 million years ago, you'...

Vertipecten fucanus / Miocene / Clallam Formation Some water worn samples of the fossil bivalve Vertipecten fucanus from lower Miocene d...

Taking in the beauty and colours of  a sunset One of the most satisfying moments is taking in a sunset after a long days hike. Pure visu...

Râpa Roșie / Magyarosaurus dacus (von Huene, 1932) Râpa Roșie is a geological and botanical reserve in the southwest Secaşelor Plateau, ...

Dinosaur Provincial Park / Alberta Badlands

Structure of the Magnetosphere The Earth has a magnetic field with north and south poles. The magnetic field of the Earth is surrounded ...

Fossilized Wood Fossilized or petrified wood is amazing to behold in person. The original tree or branch is sometimes subjected to such ...

This lovely specimen is an armoured agnatha jawless bony fish, Victoraspis longicornualis , from Lower Devonian deposits of Podolia, Ukrai...

North Cascades National Park / Rainforest Pool

Elephant Shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus This adorable little fellow is a Short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus , one...

The bivalve Panopea abrupta This lovely large fossil bivalve is Panopea abrupta (Conrad) an extinct species of marine mollusc in the fa...

Walliserops, Photo: Gianpaolo Di Silvestro A beautiful detail of a Walliserops, a genus of spinose phacopid trilobite of the family Acas...

Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis, a Cambrian Fuxinhuiid Arthropod This fellow is Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis, a rather glorious fuxinhuii...

Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur by Edouard Riou, 1863 During the early Triassic period, ichthyosaurs evolved from a group of unidentified lan...

Titanites occidentalis / Fernie Ammonite This impressive big beauty is Titanites occidentalis , Western Giant, the second known specimen...

Isograptus maximus / Photo: Gilberto Juárez Huarachi This fellow is the graptolite, Isograptus cf. maximus , from the Piranha Formation,...

Goats, Capra hircus , are a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock.  They were domesticated from wild goats, C. a...

Ursus americanus / Baby Black Bear Bear cubs are known for being playful and altogether too curious. They usually stick pretty close to ...

Ilymatogyra arietina / Oyster Slab Ilymatogyra arietina,  Oyster Slab, Lower Cretaceous, Washita Division, Del Rio Formation, Williamson...

Coahuilaceratops or "Coahuila Horn Face," is a relatively new genus of Ornithischia Ceratopsidae, a  herbivorous ceratopsian di...

This beautiful fellow is a Mobula Ray. They have graced our seas, undulating hypnotically for millions of years. We once thought these fil...

This beautiful specimen is Protoaster Haefneri , a new species of edrioasteroid, an extinct lower Cambrian genus of echinoderm from the Ki...

Templo de las Inscripciones Palenque

Early Jurassic Ichthyosaur Paddle This beautifully preserved Ichthyosaur paddle with its incredible detail is from Early Jurassic (183 M...

This well-preserved partial ichthyosaur was found in the Blue Lias shales by Lewis Winchester-Ellis in 2018. An exciting find to be sure. ...

Coleman Shrimp /  Periclimenes colemani These daring lovelies are Coleman shrimp, Periclimenes colemani . They are generally found in ma...

Superfamilia Tropitaceae Mojsisovics , 1875. Familia Tropitidae Mojsisovics , 1893. Genus Discotropites Hyatt & Smith, 1925. Type: Dis...