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Fossil Spider (Araneidae fam.) preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. It's not possible to identify the genus or species but from the size of the palps you tell this specimen is a male. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
Fossil Robber Fly (Family: Asilidae) preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
Fossil Earwig (Order: Dermaptera) preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
Fossil Lacewing (Order: Neuroptera) preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire
At low tide, 1800 feet (550m) of exposed sea floor make for great fossil hunting, tide pool investigation and exploring. You can walk to nearby Ravenscar at low tide when three miles (5km) of beach are exposed. But beware the swift turn of the tide that can cut beachcombers and walkers off in an instant. At high tide, the sea has been known to force its way up the main village street, which ends in the sea, where the ocean literally laps at your feet. This charming village takes on a different demeanor when fog and storm and high winds abound, and seas pound the cliffsides.
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3.6.09
Stone Age fossils embedded in the limestone steps at the Ateneum, the Art Museum in Helsinki.
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Fossil Floating Fern (Salvinia preauriculata), part and counterpart. This water plant lived during the Eocene period, about 45-50 million years ago, in ancient Lake Uintah. Specimen is 3 cm long. Douglas Pass, Garfield Co., Colo.
Fossil Crayfish (Procambarus primaevus). These crustaceans lived during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago. This fossil is preserved in the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone. Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer, Lincoln Co., Wyoming.
Some dinosaur fossil bones are visible at the edge of the quarry formation here.
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Fossil Sumac Leafr (Rhus nigricans) This specimen is from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone. The unit is of Eocene age, about 45 million years old. Size of the leaf is 6cm. Douglas Pass, Garfield Co., Colo.
Fossil Crane Fly (Family: Tipulidae) preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
Fossil Brittle Star (Ophiopinna elegans) from the La Voulte Limestone of Middle Jurassic age. Field of view is 3 cm. La Voulte-sur-Rhone, Ardeche, France.
Fossil Winged Seed (Cedrelospermum sp.) from an extinct member of the elm family. This specimen is from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone. The unit is of Eocene age, about 45 million years old. Specimen is 7 mm long. Douglas Pass. Garfield Co., Colo.
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Fossil Landscapes from my beloved Isle of Arran, in Scotland.
Revisited the mystery rock only to have it become more bizarre. The hand of the curator is on top of this look inside the glacial erratic. So this thing is not a hemisphere, it is one half of a full concretion, internal radial lines leading to external pores throughout its entirety.
Now life usually embraces and faces the sun. So is this a genuine radial organism? Are there any spherical corals or marine puffballs in the fossil record? There are other porous half domes or concretions from Ponoka AB on display elsewhere in Edmonton.
#210, Nov6/09
Fossil Redwood foliage (Sequoia affinis), an extinct species, preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
Fossil Wasp( Vespidae fam.), found in the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation. Specimen is 6 mm long. It lived during the middle Eocene, about 46 million years ago. Douglas Pass. Garfield Co., Colo.
Overnight snow of 8 inches created a peaceful setting in Fossil Creek, Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Fossil Leaf (Leguminositeslesquereuxiana). The plant is a member of pea family. This specimen is from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The unit is of Eocene age, about 45 million years old. Douglas Pass. Garfield Co., Colo.
Fossil Midge (Dixidae fam.) in the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation. This insect lived during Eocene time, around 50 million years ago. The specimen is about 8 mm long. It was was found in the shallow lacustrine deposits of Lake Uintah, the largest of the three lakes of the Green River system. Specimen is about 7 mm. Bonanza, Uintah Co., Utah.
Fossil Redwood Cones (Sequoia affinis), an extinct species, preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
Fossil Springs begin approximately three quarters of a mile above the old Fossil Creek Dam. A series of springs gush 20,000 gallons a minute year-round at the bottom of a 1,600 foot deep canyon, creating a lush riparian oasis rich with life, and feeding Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River. Over the years these calcium laden waters have laid down huge deposits of a type of limestone called travertine, creating deep pools for miles along the creek. The Wilderness and surrounding area are on the Tonto and Coconino National Forests, and are managed by the Coconino National Forest.
During the spring-summer season, camping is prohibited in Fossil Springs Wilderness and the surrounding area, and a reserved parking permit is required to park at the trailheads that access the Wilderness. See Fossil Springs Wilderness and Fossil Creek on the USFS Coconino National Forest website for maps, regulations, permit reservations, and other details.
Photo by Deborah Lee Soltesz, August 9, 2016. Source: USFS Coconino National Forest.
Booth's desert primrose (Eremothera boothii ssp. desertorum) growing among the lava rocks of the Fossil Falls area, along HWY395, North of Little Lake, Inyo County, California
Fossil Midge (Dixidae fam.). This insect lived during Eocene time, around 45-50 million years ago. It was was found in the shallow lacustrine deposits of Lake Uintah, the largest of the three lakes of the Green River system. The specimen is about 1.0 cm long. Douglas Pass. Garfield Co., Colo.
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These tiny fossils, found on the beach at Venice, Florida, are between 1/4 and 1/2 inch long.
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Locality: Kemmerer, Wyoming
Name: Priscacara liops
Age: Eocene Green River Formation
Fish is 5.3 inches long.
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Fossil Wasp. This specimen is a "scorpion wasp" from the family Ichneumonidae. These parasitic wasps lay their eggs in the larvae of beetles and other insects. This female has a prominent ovipositor, the stinger-like structure, protruding from the posterior, used for laying eggs. The body of this tiny specimen, excluding the antennae and ovipositor, measures only about 3mm. The insect, found in the Green River Formation, lived during Eocene time, around 45-50 million years ago. It is remarkably similar to hundreds of species modern Ichneumon wasps. Douglas Pass. Garfield Co., Colo.
This fossil plant stem is preserved as a black, flattened, carbon-rich film, a fossil preservation style referred to as "carbonization". Most examples of carbonization are fossil leaves, but animals can be carbonized as well - for example, graptolites.
Stratigraphy & age: unrecorded, but probably Pennsylvanian
Locality: unrecorded, but probably eastern America