Sunday, 4 July 2021

DIPLOMOCERAS OF HORNBY / JA-DAI-AICH

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Diplomoceras sp . This gorgeous cream and brown big beast of a heteromorph, Diplomoceras (Diplomoceras) sp. , (Hyatt, 1900) was found within...
Thursday, 1 July 2021

OH CANADA — CANADA'S PLANNED, FUNDED, HIDDEN & ONGOING GENOCIDE

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Murdered & Missing Children Art by Roy Vickers You may be seeing orange shirts and #215 & #everychildmatters in the news, especially...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021

FOSSILS, TEXTILES AND URINE

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Yorkshire Coast You may recall the eight-metre Type Specimen of the ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus crassimanus , found in an alum quarry in Y...
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

TEMNODONTOSAURUS CRASSIMANUS

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Temnodontosaurus crassimanus This big beastie is the ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus crassimanus , who graced our ancient oceans 180 milli...
Monday, 28 June 2021

CAMBRIAN MYSTERIES OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES

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Mount Stephen, Canadian Rockies High up on the mountain tops of the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia — on the western edge ...
Sunday, 27 June 2021

IN PRAISE OF FOSSIL LAGERSTÄTTEN

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A Lagerstätte is a sedimentary deposit with extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation — sometimes preserving soft tissues when we ...
Saturday, 26 June 2021

CAMBRIAN BIVALVED ARTHROPODS

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Bivalved Cambrian Arthropods had a carapace that covered their cephalothorax — their fused head and thorax — and is most often the only stru...
Friday, 25 June 2021

CHELICERATES: EURYPTERIDS, SPIDERS AND HORSESHOE CRABS

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Sanctacaris uncata , (Briggs & Collins, 1988) Chelicerates first emerged in our ancient oceans some 508 million years ago, as the arthro...
Thursday, 24 June 2021

FIBULACARIS NEREIDIS: A NEW BIVALVED CAMBRIAN ARTHROPOD

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Fibulacaris nereidis / Artwork by Danielle Dufault @MesozoicMuse Fibulacaris nereidis is a new species joining the ranks of the Cambrian biv...
Wednesday, 23 June 2021

PAKUCARIS APATIS: A PAC-MAN-LIKE-CRAB OF THE GODDESS OF DECEIT

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Pakucaris apatis . Illustration by Danielle Dufault, ROM Meet Pakucaris apatis — the Pac-Man-like Crab of the Goddess of Deceit Apate — fro...
Tuesday, 22 June 2021

MEET ACICULOLENUS ASKEWI: A NEW UPPER CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE

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A new species of trilobite from the upper Cambrian McKay Group was introduced in March of 2020: Aciculolenus askewi .  The species is named ...
Monday, 21 June 2021

GUT TRILOBITE: TAGMOSIS IN AGLASPIDID ARTHROPODS

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Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) contracta with gut structure This specimen lovely chocolate brown trilobite specimen is  Orygmaspis  (Paraboli...