This is the “Fossil Friday” post #215.  Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website.  We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com.  Please include a short description or story.  Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world!

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Ok, it’s not from Mazon Creek, but is from the Pennsylvanian Period.  This absolutely stunning millipede, Myriacantherpestes sp., from the famous Hamilton Quarry in eastern Kansas.  That quarry is considered a Late Carboniferous lagerstatte.  It’s produced unusually well preserved fossils of plants, vertebrates, and invertebrates, including large winged insects, water scorpions, and, of course, stunning millipedes (see Fossil Friday #134 for another millipede).  This deposit is a little younger than Mazon Creek at about 295 million years ago.  The depositional environment shows it to have been  a river estuary.

This beautiful specimen was on full display (and for sale!) by Doug DeRosear of DeRosear Fossils at the CGMA show on Memorial Day weekend.  The fossil is about 6 in (15 cm) long.  It was found around 1980 and purchased by Doug.   Thanks for sharing, Doug!