Tag: jelly
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Mazon Monday #227: Ode to a Blob
This is Mazon Monday post #227. What’s your favorite Mazon Creek fossil? Tell us at email:esconi.info@gmail.com. The poem below is about Essexella asherae, the iconic Mazon Creek cnidarian (see Mazon Monday #14). E. Asherae was named for Helen Asher (see Fossil Friday #158) by Merrill W. Foster in 1979 in “Soft-bodied coelenterates in the Pennsylvanian…
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Mazon Monday #155: Paleontologists flip the script on anemone fossils
This is Mazon Monday post #155. What’s your favorite Mazon Creek fossil? Tell us at email:esconi.info@gmail.com. If you are a collector (or just a fan) of Mazon Creek fossils, you’ve probably heard of the (somewhat controversial) work of Roy Plotnick’s work to reclassify Essexella asherae from a jellyfish to a sea anemone. Roy is a…
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Fossil Friday #68: Multi Essexella asherae
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #68. 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! Being soft bodied makes jellyfish extremely rare…
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Mazon Monday #14: Essexella asherae
This is Mazon Monday post #14. Essexella asharae is the most common animal fossil you will find in the Mazon Creek biota. In the Essex biota, it has been estimated to be over 40% of finds. Specimens come in many forms with varied preservation. While there was a recent paper about whether it is a…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #25: Ode to a Blob
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #25. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Rob Sula wrote this poem back in 2002. Rob as 1st Vice-President from 2008-2014. The poem is about Essexella asherae, the iconic Mazon Creek…
