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A beautifully fossilised sea scorpion for this #FossilFriday! Eurypterus remipes was a species of eurypterid that lived 421 million years ago during the Silurian Period. This example was found in Ontario, Canada!🇨🇦
January 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A beautifully fossilised sea scorpion for this #FossilFriday! Eurypterus remipes was a species of eurypterid that lived 421 million years ago during the Silurian Period. This example was found in Ontario, Canada!🇨🇦
A one-tusked mastodon for this #FossilFriday! Mammut americanum roamed North America 12,000 years ago. This example was found in Ontario, Canada. Its skull shows evidence that this one lived much of its life with just one tusk, rather than losing it after death.
January 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A one-tusked mastodon for this #FossilFriday! Mammut americanum roamed North America 12,000 years ago. This example was found in Ontario, Canada. Its skull shows evidence that this one lived much of its life with just one tusk, rather than losing it after death.
I'm kicking off 2025 and my third year of posting #FossilFriday with an arthropod from one of my favourite periods to study! Yawunik kootenayi was a species of megacheira that lived 506 million years ago during the Cambrian. It was found in Kootenay National Park, BC, Canada!🇨🇦
January 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm kicking off 2025 and my third year of posting #FossilFriday with an arthropod from one of my favourite periods to study! Yawunik kootenayi was a species of megacheira that lived 506 million years ago during the Cambrian. It was found in Kootenay National Park, BC, Canada!🇨🇦
For the last #FossilFriday of 2024, I have Kolihapeltis chlupaci! This trilobite was found in Morocco and dates back 389 million years to the Devonian Period.
December 27, 2024 at 1:25 PM
For the last #FossilFriday of 2024, I have Kolihapeltis chlupaci! This trilobite was found in Morocco and dates back 389 million years to the Devonian Period.
Wishing everyone a happy Christmas! I can't think of a better way to round out the Fossil Advent Calendar than to reveal Mammut americanum behind our final door! This mastodon lived 12,000 years ago. Notice that this specimen is missing a tusk! #AdventCalendar
December 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Wishing everyone a happy Christmas! I can't think of a better way to round out the Fossil Advent Calendar than to reveal Mammut americanum behind our final door! This mastodon lived 12,000 years ago. Notice that this specimen is missing a tusk! #AdventCalendar
Like all good advent calendars, Day 24 is our penultimate (and not last) door on the Fossil Advent Calendar, and it’s also #TrilobiteTuesday! Boedaspis ensifer lived 464 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. This spiny trilobite was found in Russia! #AdventCalendar
December 24, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Like all good advent calendars, Day 24 is our penultimate (and not last) door on the Fossil Advent Calendar, and it’s also #TrilobiteTuesday! Boedaspis ensifer lived 464 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. This spiny trilobite was found in Russia! #AdventCalendar
Day 23 of the Fossil Advent Calendar reveals a species found only in Texas! Seymouria baylorensis lived 275 million years ago during the Permian Period. Its taxonomic status between amphibian and reptile (or somewhere in between) has been debated! #AdventCalendar
December 23, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Day 23 of the Fossil Advent Calendar reveals a species found only in Texas! Seymouria baylorensis lived 275 million years ago during the Permian Period. Its taxonomic status between amphibian and reptile (or somewhere in between) has been debated! #AdventCalendar
A nearly 3-metre-long fish behind Door #22 of the Fossil Advent Calendar? That’s exactly what we have! Lebachacanthus senckenbergianus was a freshwater shark that lived 295 million years ago during the Permian Period. It was found in Germany! #AdventCalendar
December 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
A nearly 3-metre-long fish behind Door #22 of the Fossil Advent Calendar? That’s exactly what we have! Lebachacanthus senckenbergianus was a freshwater shark that lived 295 million years ago during the Permian Period. It was found in Germany! #AdventCalendar
Day 21 of the Fossil Advent Calendar gives us Dendrerpeton acadianum! This amphibian lived 316 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period. This fossil was found in Nova Scotia, which was near the equator during that time. #AdventCalendar
December 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Day 21 of the Fossil Advent Calendar gives us Dendrerpeton acadianum! This amphibian lived 316 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period. This fossil was found in Nova Scotia, which was near the equator during that time. #AdventCalendar
Described in 2010, I have Herpetogaster collinsi for this #FossilFriday, complete with an amazing model to accompany it! This invertebrate lived 506 million years ago during the Cambrian Period and was found in the Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada!
December 20, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Described in 2010, I have Herpetogaster collinsi for this #FossilFriday, complete with an amazing model to accompany it! This invertebrate lived 506 million years ago during the Cambrian Period and was found in the Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada!
Not only is it #FossilFriday, it’s also Day 20 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Behind Door #20 we have Eramoscorpius brucensis, an aquatic scorpion that lived 432 million years ago. It may have used its leg structure to venture briefly onto land! #AdventCalendar
December 20, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Not only is it #FossilFriday, it’s also Day 20 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Behind Door #20 we have Eramoscorpius brucensis, an aquatic scorpion that lived 432 million years ago. It may have used its leg structure to venture briefly onto land! #AdventCalendar
Door #19 of the Fossil Advent Calendar gives us another dinosaur! Protoceratops andrewsi was a ceratopsian that lived in Asia 80 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. #AdventCalendar
December 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Door #19 of the Fossil Advent Calendar gives us another dinosaur! Protoceratops andrewsi was a ceratopsian that lived in Asia 80 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. #AdventCalendar
Behind Door #18 of the Fossil Advent Calendar we have Platecarpus coryphaeus! This marine reptile, a mosasaur, lived around 83 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. This specimen was found in Kansas, USA! #AdventCalendar
December 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Behind Door #18 of the Fossil Advent Calendar we have Platecarpus coryphaeus! This marine reptile, a mosasaur, lived around 83 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. This specimen was found in Kansas, USA! #AdventCalendar
Another #TrilobiteTuesday, another trilobite in the Fossil Advent Calendar! Door #17 gives us Metopolichas platyrhinus, which lived 464 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. This specimen was found in Russia. #AdventCalendar
December 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Another #TrilobiteTuesday, another trilobite in the Fossil Advent Calendar! Door #17 gives us Metopolichas platyrhinus, which lived 464 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. This specimen was found in Russia. #AdventCalendar
Two giant pincers greet us behind Door #16 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Acutiramus macrophthalmus was a eurypterid that could grow to over 2 metres long. It lived 421 million years ago during the Silurian Period and likely used its claws to capture prey! #AdventCalendar
December 16, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Two giant pincers greet us behind Door #16 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Acutiramus macrophthalmus was a eurypterid that could grow to over 2 metres long. It lived 421 million years ago during the Silurian Period and likely used its claws to capture prey! #AdventCalendar
We have a whole marine community behind Door #15 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! This slab, found in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, dates back 506 million years to the Cambrian Period and shows multiple Trilobites and Waptia fossilised together! #AdventCalendar
December 15, 2024 at 3:17 PM
We have a whole marine community behind Door #15 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! This slab, found in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, dates back 506 million years to the Cambrian Period and shows multiple Trilobites and Waptia fossilised together! #AdventCalendar
Behind Door #14 of the Fossil Advent Calendar we have Sanctacaris uncata! This arthropod lived 506 million years ago during the Cambrian Period. This specimen was found in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada! #AdventCalendar
December 15, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Behind Door #14 of the Fossil Advent Calendar we have Sanctacaris uncata! This arthropod lived 506 million years ago during the Cambrian Period. This specimen was found in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada! #AdventCalendar
This week's #FossilFriday example is small... but luckily, there's a big model showing what it might have looked like alive! Habelia optata was an arthropod that lived in the waters 506 million years ago during the Cambrian. This fossil was found in British Columbia, Canada! 🇨🇦
December 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM
This week's #FossilFriday example is small... but luckily, there's a big model showing what it might have looked like alive! Habelia optata was an arthropod that lived in the waters 506 million years ago during the Cambrian. This fossil was found in British Columbia, Canada! 🇨🇦
A spooky door on the Fossil Advent Calendar for Friday the 13th and #FossilFriday! Zuul crurivastator was an ankylosaurine dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago during the Cretaceous. Discovered in Montana, it was named after the demon Zuul from Ghostbusters! #AdventCalendar
December 13, 2024 at 2:03 PM
A spooky door on the Fossil Advent Calendar for Friday the 13th and #FossilFriday! Zuul crurivastator was an ankylosaurine dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago during the Cretaceous. Discovered in Montana, it was named after the demon Zuul from Ghostbusters! #AdventCalendar
Day 12 of the Fossil Advent Calendar brings us a giant deer! Megaloceros giganteus lived 11,500 years ago across Eurasia, with this specimen found in Limerick, Ireland. This species had the largest known antlers of any deer, measuring over 3.6 metres across! #AdventCalendar
December 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Day 12 of the Fossil Advent Calendar brings us a giant deer! Megaloceros giganteus lived 11,500 years ago across Eurasia, with this specimen found in Limerick, Ireland. This species had the largest known antlers of any deer, measuring over 3.6 metres across! #AdventCalendar
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a pterosaur behind Door #11 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Pterodactylus elegans lived 148 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, with this specimen found in Germany! #AdventCalendar
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a pterosaur behind Door #11 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Pterodactylus elegans lived 148 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, with this specimen found in Germany! #AdventCalendar
Not 1, not 2, but many trilobites hide behind Door #10 of the Fossil Advent Calendar for #TrilobiteTuesday! A whole group of Homotelus bromidensis were buried together 456 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. This fossil find comes from Oklahoma, USA! #AdventCalendar
December 10, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Not 1, not 2, but many trilobites hide behind Door #10 of the Fossil Advent Calendar for #TrilobiteTuesday! A whole group of Homotelus bromidensis were buried together 456 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. This fossil find comes from Oklahoma, USA! #AdventCalendar
We have a dinosaur behind Door #9 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Lambeosaurus lambei was a hadrosaurid that roamed North America 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. This specimen was found in Alberta, Canada! #AdventCalendar
December 9, 2024 at 3:24 PM
We have a dinosaur behind Door #9 of the Fossil Advent Calendar! Lambeosaurus lambei was a hadrosaurid that roamed North America 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. This specimen was found in Alberta, Canada! #AdventCalendar
Day 8 of the Fossil Advent Calendar reveals Albertonia cupidina! This ancient fish lived 220 million years ago during the Triassic Period, with this specimen found in British Columbia, Canada! #AdventCalendar
December 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Day 8 of the Fossil Advent Calendar reveals Albertonia cupidina! This ancient fish lived 220 million years ago during the Triassic Period, with this specimen found in British Columbia, Canada! #AdventCalendar
Looking for a Christmas tree? Door #7 of the Fossil Advent Calendar has one! Walachia was an early conifer. This 290-million-year-old fossil from the Permian Period was found in Germany—also where the Christmas tree originated! #AdventCalendar
December 7, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Looking for a Christmas tree? Door #7 of the Fossil Advent Calendar has one! Walachia was an early conifer. This 290-million-year-old fossil from the Permian Period was found in Germany—also where the Christmas tree originated! #AdventCalendar