Tag: shrimp
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Fossil Friday #63: Paleocaris typus
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #63. 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 highlighted…
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Mazon Monday #65: Palaeocaris typus
This is Mazon Monday post #65. What’s your favorite Mazon Creek fossil? Tell us at email:esconi.info@gmail.com. Another shrimp is up for this week’s Mazon Monday. We have Palaeocaris typus. P. typus was described way back in 1865 by Meek and Worthen. Fielding Bradford Meek (1817 – 1876) was an American geologist and paleontologist, who…
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Mazon Monday #64: Essoidea epiceron
This is Mazon Monday post #64. What’s your favorite Mazon Creek fossil? Tell us at email:esconi.info@gmail.com. For Mazon Monday this week, we have a small filter feeding shrimp, which is one of the smallest known from the Mazon Creek fossil biota, Essoidea epiceron, was described in 1974 by Dr. Frederick Schram, who has described many…
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Mazon Monday #52: Acanthotelson stimpsoni
This week, we are going to look at a syncarid shrimp called Acanthotelson stimpsoni. It’s one of the most common shrimp found amongst the Braidwood fauna. We had a very nice one from the Mazon River a few weeks ago for Fossil Friday #42. A. stimpsoni was described in 1865 by F.B. Meek and A.…
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Fossil Friday #42: Acanthotelson stimpsoni
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #42. 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 fossil is a tasty shrimp from…
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SciTechDaily: Five-Eyed 520-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Arthropod Origin
SciTechDaily has a story about arthropod origins. Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) have revealed a new shrimp-like fossil with five eyes. The animal, called Kylinxia, lived about 520 million years ago in what is now China’s Yunnan Province. The paper describing this discovery appeared…
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Mazon Monday #13: Belotelson magister
This is Mazon Monday post #13. Belotelson magister is the most common crustacean/shrimp fossil in the Mazon Creek biota. They can be found fairly readily and can range from a partial, to a molt, and sometimes even a full body. Most of the shrimps found in Pit 11 are Belotelsons. It was described way back…
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Mazon Monday #4: Belotelson Shrimp
This is Mazon Monday post #4. These pictures are of a specimen of Belotelson magister collected by ESCONI member Rich Holm in late summer 2019 in Mazonia South Pit 11. It is a crustacean that lived about 307 mya. It was first described by Packard in 1886 from Mazon Creek material. Description: The Mazon Creek…
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Paleontology Meeting: Sat. Jan. 16th – Shrimp
Paleontology Study Group Meeting, Saturday, Jan 16th, 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131. Bring your Mazon Creek shrimp specimens to be photographed for possible inclusion in new reference book!
