Tag: Devonian
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Fossil Friday #19: Phacops from Paulding, OH
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #19. 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 is a fossil park in Paulding,…
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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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Throwback Thursday #3: Field Trip To Pint’s Quarry in Iowa, May 1977
This is Throwback Thursday #3. In these, we look back in the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have and contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please sent them to email:esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! The following pictures are from a field trip to Pint’s Quarry in Iowa in May 1977. These photos…
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Phys.org: Ancient fish fossil reveals evolutionary origin of the human hand
Phys.org has a story about the evolution of the human hand. A new complete specimen of a tetrapod-like fish, Elpistostege, reveals new clues in the evolution of the human hand from fish fins. The paper describing this discovery can be found in the journal Nature. An ancient Elpistostege fish fossil found in Miguasha, Canada has…
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365-Million-Year-Old Lungfish Unearthed in South Africa
Sci-News has a story about a recently discovered Lungfish from South Africa. The new fish, called Isityumzi mlomomde, lived about 365 million years ago during the Devonian period in what is now modern day South Africa. Lungfish origins stretch back about 410 million years ago to the early Devonian. Details on this new find can…
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World’s Oldest Fossil Forest Unearthed
SciNews has a post about the oldest forest ever discovered. Located in Cairo, NY, near the Devonian fossil forest found near Gilboa, this forest has been dated to about 386 million years old, which is a couple million years older. Details can be found in a paper which was recently published in the journal Current…
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SciNews: Devonian Fossil Forest Unearthed in China
SciNews has a post about a Devonian aged fossil forest discovered in China. The fossilized forest dates to 360 million years ago and was found near Xinhang in China’s Anhui province. It is the oldest known fossil forest in Asia. A paper describing the fossils appeared in the journal Current Biology. The Xinhang forest covered…
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ESCONI General Meeting for October 11th, 2019 Upper Devonian Mass Extinction by Dr. James E. “Jed” Day, Professor of Geology at Illinois State University
The program at our October 11, 2019 meeting will be presented by Dr. James E. "Jed" Day, Professor of Geology at Illinois State University. The title of his talk is "Upper Devonian (Keellwasser) Mass Extinction Records from the Subtropics of North America". He will speak about the local (W. Illinois and Iowa) vertebrate microfossil and brachiopod…
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Reminder: ESCONI Paleontology Study Group Meeting on May 18th – “The Bundenbach Fauna”
The May Paleontology Study Group Meeting will feature a presentation on the “The Bundenbach Fauna” by ESCONI member Tom Williams. There will some interesting fossils to see. The lower Devonian Lagerstatte of the Hunsruck Slate is known for some amazing specimens. See you there!
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Nope, octopuses probably didn’t come from outer space!
ZME Science has a great post about the online controversy about the Octopus genome. Cephalopods are not aliens and the author Mihai Andrei does a great job explaining why. The new study, penned by over 30 researchers, essentially rehashes the theory of panspermia — the idea that life on Earth emerged in outer space, hitching…
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Trilobite of the Month – April 2018
Head on over to www.trilobites.info for the April 2018 “Trilobite of the Month”. It is Lanceaspis hammondi from the Lower Devonian of Morocco. Another interesting and unique trilobite from Morocco! Trilobites.info is a great resource for all things trilobite. There is even a book! The book is an adaptation of the website and it has…
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Trilobites.info: April 2016 Trilobite of the Month
Over at Trilobites.info, the Trilobite of the Month for April 2016 is Stummiana arkonensis. It’s a Middle Devonian trilobite from the Widder Formation, Hamilton Group of Arkona, Ontario, Canada. Check it out on the trilobites.info website. The trilobites.info website is invaluable for everything trilobite. Check it out today! The Trilobite of the Month for the…
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Preview: 2014 Live Auction – Tooth Middle Devonian
From Iowa, Iowa City, Middle Devonian, large, almost intact tooth that will be sold at the live auction at the ESCONI Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show, March 15 & 16, Dupage Fairgrounds.
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Paleontology Meeting: Sat. 11/21 – Arthropods
Paleontology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131, Devonian Period Paleontology. Bring your Mazon Creek arthropods, excluding shrimp and including insects and millipedes.
