Category: Fossil Friday
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Fossil Friday #115: Ordovician Conulariid
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #115. 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! For this weeks Fossil Friday, we have…
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Fossil Friday #114: Basket of Mazon Eggs
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #114. 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! For this week, we have some exciting…
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Fossil Friday #113: Alethopteris serlii
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #113. 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! Alethopteris, in its many forms, is a…
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Fossil Friday #112: Coprinoscolex elliogimus!
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #112. 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! After a long week, it’s time for…
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Fossil Friday #111: Rhabdoderma exiguum
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #111. 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! For this week’s Fossil Friday, we have…
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Fossil Friday #110: Sea Cucumber from Mazon Creek
For this Fossil Friday, we have a very sweet sea cucumber (Achistrum sp.) from Mazon Creek. For more information, we looked at these echinoderms back in Mazon Monday #29. Holothurians appeared in Andy Hay’s Creature Corner in May 1986.
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Fossil Friday #109: Tully Monster!
Today, we have a Tully Monster that got a second chance. It was found by ESCONI member Jeremy Zimmerman a while back deep in the wilds of Pit 11. Someone had hammered it many years ago, thought it was a blank and left it to the elements. Jeremy picked it up, made it part of…
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Fossil Friday #108: Mazopherusa prinosi from Braceville
To help lead into the Braceville field trip this weekend, we have one of the iconic species from “Worm Hill”. The Braceville spoil pile is known for jellies, clams, the occasional shrimp, partial plants, and worms… lots of worms. ESCONI member Maarten Vonhof sent us photos of what may be the best specimen of Mazopherusa…
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Fossil Friday #107: Annularia from Vigo County, IN
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #107. 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! This week’s Fossil Friday is again Annularia. …
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Fossil Friday #106: Palaeoxyris prendeli from Central Illinois
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #106. 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! This week’s Fossil Friday is a twofer……
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Fossil Friday #105: Annularia annulariafolius
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #105. 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! A gorgeous Annularia annulariafolius is our Fossil…
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Fossil Friday #104: Dasyleptis brongniarti
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #104. 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! This week, we have a Mazon Creek…
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Fossil Friday #103: Mariopteris sphenopteroides
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #103. 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! Well, we’ve made it to another Fossil…
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Fossil Friday #102: Kellibrooksia macrogaster x 3!
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #102. 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! This week’s Fossil Friday is three specimens…
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Fossil Friday #101: Mazon Creek Aquatic Plants
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #101. 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! The last section of “A Comprehensive Guide…
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Fossil Friday #100: Lyginopteris hoeninghaus
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #100. 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! Wow, 100 posts… we are no over…
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Fossil Friday #99: Tully Monster!
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #99. 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! Our first Mazon Monday was about the…
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Fossil Friday #98: Missouri Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #98. 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! Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri, a seed fern, is up…
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Fossil Friday #97: Kentucky Neuropteris
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #97. 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! Carboniferous seed fern fossils are on the…
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Fossil Friday #96: Mazon Creek Insect Nymph
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #96. 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! We have another Mazon Creek insect this…
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Fossil Friday #95: Mazon Creek Winged Insect – Diaphanopterodea
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #95. 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! This absolutely stunning Mazon Creek insect comes…
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Fossil Friday #94: Diaphorodendron rimosum
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #94. 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! We haven’t posted enough fossil wood on…
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Fossil Friday #93: Pyritized ammonite fossils from the Jurassic Coast in England
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #93. 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! For this week, we have a tale…
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Fossil Friday #92: Mazon Creek Mystery
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #92. 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! Today, we have the first of a…
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Fossil Friday #91: Paleocaris typus from the Mazon River
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #91. 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! Back in Mazon Monday #65, we spotlighted…
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Fossil Friday #90: Asterophyllites equisetiformis
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #90. 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! This week’s fossil is a specimen of…
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Fossil Friday #89: Green Bay Cystoid
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #89. 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! A crinoid from Green Bay, Wisconsin is…
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Fossil Friday #88: Trigonocarpus seeds
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #88. 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! Back in Mazon Monday #67, we took…
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Fossil Friday #87: Neuropteris vermicularis from Knob Noster
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #87. 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! We’ve got a Pennsylvanian seed fern for…
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Fossil Friday #86: Mazon Creek Shark Egg Case
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #86. 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! There are a few species of shark…
