FOSSIL HUNTRESS
MUSINGS MEANT TO CAPTIVATE, EDUCATE AND INSPIRE
Tuesday 18 June 2024
TUZOIA OF THE BALANG FORMATION
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A large extinct bivalved arthropod, Tuzoia sinesis (Pan, 1957) from Cambrian deposits of the Balang Formation. The Balang outcrops in beau...
Friday 14 June 2024
TANGLEFOOT MOUNTAIN TRILOBITES
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After a phenomenal collecting trip to the Goat Haven Mountain of the East Kootenay region near Cranbrook, we headed out to the classic Tangl...
Thursday 13 June 2024
RAISE YOUR CLAWS: WARRIOR CRABS
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Look how epic this little guy is! He is a crab — and if you asked him, the fiercest warrior that ever lived. While that may not be strictly...
Wednesday 12 June 2024
PROBOSCIDEAN REMAINS AND THE MYTH OF ANTAEUS
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Tetralophodon During the Miocene and Pliocene, 12-1.6 million years ago, a diverse group of extinct proboscideans, elephant-like animals wal...
Tuesday 11 June 2024
CERATIOCARIS, YE KEN
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This braw fellow is Ceratiocaris papilio (Salter in Murchison, 1859) a pod Shrimp from the Silurian mudstones of the Kip Burn Formation in...
Monday 10 June 2024
FOSSIL BIRDS FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND'S SOUTHERN SHORES
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Stemec suntokum , Sooke Formation The diving bird you see here is Stemec suntokum , a Fossil Plopterid from Sooke, British Columbia, Canada....
Sunday 9 June 2024
FOSSILS AND FINCHES OF MADAGASCAR
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Aioloceras besairiei (Collingnon, 1949) A stunning example of the internal suturing with calcite infill in this sliced Aioloceras besa...
Saturday 8 June 2024
BARNACLES: KWIT'A'A
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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 ...
Friday 7 June 2024
NEVADA'S UPPER TRIASSIC LUNING FORMATION
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Exposures of the Upper Triassic (Early Norian, Kerri zone), Luning formation, West Union Canyon, just outside Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park,...
Wednesday 5 June 2024
BLUE JAY: KWAS'KWAS
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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 ...
Sunday 2 June 2024
STUPENDEMYS GEOGRAPHICUS: A COLOSSAL TURTLE
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Freshwater turtles come in all shapes and sizes but one of the most interesting and massive of these is the now-extinct freshwater turtle ...
Saturday 1 June 2024
HETEROPTERA: SNEAKOPTERA
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A sweet little water bug from the suborder Heteroptera (Latreille, 1810). He looks more like a cartoon character that any other specimen I...
Friday 31 May 2024
PALAEONTOLOGY OF CANADA'S EAST KOOTENAY REGION
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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...
Thursday 30 May 2024
THE GIANT FOSSIL AMMONITE OF FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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Titanites occidentalis , Fernie Ammonite The Fernie ammonite, Titanites occidentalis , from outcrops on Coal Mountain near Fernie, British C...
Wednesday 29 May 2024
FOSSIL SEA LILLIES: CRINOIDS
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Uintacrinus socialis from Utah, USA Crinoids are one of my favourite echinoderms. It is magical when all the elements come together to pres...
Monday 27 May 2024
DINOFLAGELLATES: TEENSY OCEAN STARS
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This showy Christmas Cracker is a Dinoflagellate The showy royal blue Christmas cracker looking fellow you see here is a dinoflagellate. Bi...
Sunday 26 May 2024
ETHELDRED BENETT: ENGLISH GEOLOGIST & PALEONTOLOGIST
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In the early days of paleontology, men were men, and women, quite frankly, were not paleontologists, geologists, members of the Royal Societ...
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