FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Armoured Agnatha / Photo: Fossilero Fisher This lovely specimen is an armoured agnatha jawless bony fish, Victoraspis longicornualis , f...

A stunning example of the ammonite Androgynoceras from the Yorkshire Coast, England. The Geology of Yorkshire in northern England shows ...

Paper clams or 'flat clams' were widespread in the Triassic. We call these bivalves 'flat clams' because of their very thi...

The McAbee Fossil Beds are known for their incredible abundance, diversity and quality of fossils including lovely plant, insect and fish ...

The late Cretaceous ammonite Pachydiscus suchiaensis found in concretion amongst the 72 million-year-old grey shales of the Northumberlan...

Hadrosaurus, also known as the "duck-billed" dinosaurs, were a very successful group of plant-eaters that thrived throughout wes...

A delightful Heteropteran collected this past week by Jim Barkley from Eocene exposures of the Green River Formation of Western Colorado, ...

Carnotaurus sastrei , a genus of large theropod dinosaur that roamed, Argentina, South America during the Late Cretaceous period, 72 to 69...

Riomaggiore or 'Rimazuu' in the local Ligurian language, is a lovely seaside village that can trace its roots to the good taste of...

A lovely example of the ammonite, Cératites Nodosus , an extinct genus of nektonic marine carnivore from shell limestone superior deposit...

A wonderful example of the “armoured” worm, Lepidocoleus sarlei , from Middle Silurian outcrops in the Rochester Shale Formation, Middlepo...

This lovely fellow with his distinctive colouring is an Atlantic Puffin or "Sea Parrot" from Skomer Island near Pembrokeshire in...

Fossil remains of Agriotherium , the short-faced giant bear, have been found in Collepardo, Italy. A fragment of a mandible was unearthed...

A beautiful specimen of the ammonite, Anahoplites planus (Mantell, 1822) from Albian deposits in Courcelles-sur-Voire, Aube, north-centra...

An exquisite fossil specimen of an Eusthenopteron Fordi from the upper Devonian (Frasnian), Eescuminac Formation, Miguasha Park, Bay of H...

An exquisite specimen of the delicately ridged ammonite, Porpoceras verticosum , from Middle Toarcian outcrops adjacent the Rhône in south...

"Wash that for you, sir?" If you were a fish living in the warm turquoise waters off the coast of Bonaire in the southern Caribb...

This beauty is the fruit of the lotus, Nelumbo . This specimen was found by Green River Stone (GRS) in early Eocene outcrops of the Fossil...

Apodoceras / Stonebarrow Fossils Apoderoceras is a wonderful example of sexual dimorphism within ammonites as the macroconch (female) s...

This partial specimen of Deinotherium giganteum hails from Cerecinos de Campos, Zamora from the Middle-Upper miocene, c. 15.97-5.33 Milli...

In 1788, this magnificent specimen of a Megatherium sloth was sent to the Royal Cabinet of Natural History from the Viceroyalty of Rio de...

This little cutie is a Western European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaus , in the subfamily Erinaceinae (Fischer, 1814). They are native to we...

Douvelliceras spiniferum, Cretaceous Haida Formation Haida Gwaii or the Queen Charlotte Islands lay at the western edge of the continent...

Caught up with the Awesome Danna Staaf, "Cephalopodiatrist," today. If you haven’t picked up a copy of the infinitely readable, ...

Aptly named, Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States (and one of the loveliest)...

Ever wonder why the slow moving sloth has a slightly greenish hue? Ever consider the sloth at all? Well, perhaps not. Location, location, ...

Two views of a natural endocranial cast articulated with a fragmentary skull of Australopithecus africanus , an early hominid living betwe...

Ophthalmoplax brasiliana   / Photo: José F. Ventura‎ Ventral view of the carnivorous portunoid crab Ophthalmoplax brasiliana (Maury, 19...

Quintus Sertorius, a Roman statesman come general, grew up in Umbria, the green heart of what is now central Italy. Born into a world at w...

Eocene Fossil Feather / McAbee Fossil Beds The McAbee fossil beds are known for their incredible abundance, diversity and quality of fos...