Tag: brachiopods
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Throwback Monday #240: Happy Veterans Day from ESCONI… and the Field Museum!
This is Throwback Thursday #240. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! ——————————————————————————————- To celebrate Veterans Day, we are doing something different this week… How about a Throwback Monday and…
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Long-Standing Question Answered – How Mass Extinction Paved the Way for Oysters and Clams
SciTechDaily has a piece about the rise of the mollusks over the brachiopods after the Permian Mass Extinction. Scientists have long wondered why bivalve species like clams and oysters replaced the brachiopods about 250 million years ago. During the Paleozoic, brachiopods dominated the sea floor, but they are now just a small part of the…
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NYT: The Sad Fate of the Ancient, Well-Shelled Mariners
The New York Times has an article about oceanic turnover from brachiopods to mollusks which occurred throughout the Paleozoic. During the Cambrian and the Ordovician, brachiopods ruled the sea floor. By the Devonian, much of the diversity of brachiopods had disappeared. In the current oceans, brachiopods are rarely found. They have been replaced by bi-valved…
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Digging up fun and fossils at Penn Dixie Fossil Park
The Buffalo News has a story about the Penn Dixie Fossil Park. Want to visit the beach this summer? Why not a Devonian beach in New York? If you love fossils, step back in time and collect fossils from an old cement quarry that is absolutely chock full of fossils. Brachiopods, horn corals, and trilobites…
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Trilobite Tuesday #30: How to hunt for fossils in Ohio
Here’s a page that lists some places to find fossils in Ohio. I’m not sure the trilobite on the page is correct… looks like an Elrathia kingii. The one above is from Ohio and is a Flexicalymene. But, the page has a nice list of places to go and what you can find. Trilobites are…
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Fossil Friday #14: Kansas Brachiopods
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #14. 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! Brachiopods are very common fossils in the…
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Fossil Friday #7: Brachiopods From The Silica Shale in Ohio
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #7. 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’s fossils for Fossil Friday are brachiopods…
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ESCONI Field Trip To St. Paul Quarry, in St. Paul, IN – October 25th, 2019
There will be a field trip to St. Paul Quarry (Silurian; Waldron Shale) on Friday, October 25th, 2019. Please note: the date is subject to the Quarry’s work schedule and may be moved or canceled. You must be a member of ESCONI on or before Friday, October 11th, 2019 to attend. The quarry address is:…
