FOSSIL HUNTRESS

A large extinct bivalved arthropod, Tuzoia sinesis (Pan, 1957) from Cambrian deposits of the Balang Formation. The Balang outcrops in beau...

After a phenomenal collecting trip to the Goat Haven Mountain of the East Kootenay region near Cranbrook, we headed out to the classic Tangl...

Tetralophodon During the Miocene and Pliocene, 12-1.6 million years ago, a diverse group of extinct proboscideans, elephant-like animals wal...

This braw fellow is Ceratiocaris papilio (Salter in Murchison, 1859) a pod Shrimp from the Silurian mudstones of the Kip Burn Formation in...

Stemec suntokum , Sooke Formation The diving bird you see here is Stemec suntokum , a Fossil Plopterid from Sooke, British Columbia, Canada....

Aioloceras besairiei (Collingnon, 1949) A stunning example of the internal suturing with calcite infill in this sliced  Aioloceras besa...

One of the most interesting and enigmatic little critters we find at the seashore are barnacles. They cling to rocks deep in the sea and at ...

Exposures of the Upper Triassic (Early Norian, Kerri zone), Luning formation, West Union Canyon, just outside Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park,...

If you live in North American, there is a high probability that you have seen or heard the bird song of the Blue jay,  Cyanocitta cristata ...

Freshwater turtles come in all shapes and sizes but one of the most interesting and massive of these is the now-extinct freshwater turtle ...

A sweet little water bug from the suborder Heteroptera (Latreille, 1810). He looks more like a cartoon character that any other specimen I...

The East Kootenay region on the south-eastern edge of British Columbia is a land of colossal mountains against a clear blue sky.  That is no...

Titanites occidentalis , Fernie Ammonite The Fernie ammonite, Titanites occidentalis , from outcrops on Coal Mountain near Fernie, British C...

Uintacrinus socialis from Utah, USA Crinoids are one of my favourite echinoderms. It is magical when all the elements come together to pres...

This showy Christmas Cracker is a Dinoflagellate The showy royal blue Christmas cracker looking fellow you see here is a dinoflagellate.  Bi...

In the early days of paleontology, men were men, and women, quite frankly, were not paleontologists, geologists, members of the Royal Societ...