Tom Beevor
@thomasbeevor.bsky.social
British
Science Technician
Palaeontology Graduate
Science Technician
Palaeontology Graduate
For #fossilfriday a caudal (neck) vertebra from the mosasaurine mosasaurid Clidastes (meaning "One who locks up" referencing the bony processes on the vertebra that interlock to stiffen the back of the animal to increase swimming efficiency).
April 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
For #fossilfriday a caudal (neck) vertebra from the mosasaurine mosasaurid Clidastes (meaning "One who locks up" referencing the bony processes on the vertebra that interlock to stiffen the back of the animal to increase swimming efficiency).
For #fossilfriday two head shields from the Silurian eurypterid (sea scorpion) genus Eurypterus ("Wide Wing/Broad Paddle")
Left: E. tetragonopthalmus from the (423-427myo) Bagovitsa Formation, Ukraine
Right: E. remipes from the (423-419myo) Fiddlers Green Fm, New York State, USA
Left: E. tetragonopthalmus from the (423-427myo) Bagovitsa Formation, Ukraine
Right: E. remipes from the (423-419myo) Fiddlers Green Fm, New York State, USA
March 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
For #fossilfriday two head shields from the Silurian eurypterid (sea scorpion) genus Eurypterus ("Wide Wing/Broad Paddle")
Left: E. tetragonopthalmus from the (423-427myo) Bagovitsa Formation, Ukraine
Right: E. remipes from the (423-419myo) Fiddlers Green Fm, New York State, USA
Left: E. tetragonopthalmus from the (423-427myo) Bagovitsa Formation, Ukraine
Right: E. remipes from the (423-419myo) Fiddlers Green Fm, New York State, USA
For #Fossilfriday, a small but well-preserved tooth from the nothosaur Nothosaurus mirabilis (meaning “False Lizard”).
Middle Triassic (241-237 mya), Germanic Trias Supergroup, Upper Muschelkalk (limestone). Kircheim, Bavaria, Germany.
Middle Triassic (241-237 mya), Germanic Trias Supergroup, Upper Muschelkalk (limestone). Kircheim, Bavaria, Germany.
March 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
For #Fossilfriday, a small but well-preserved tooth from the nothosaur Nothosaurus mirabilis (meaning “False Lizard”).
Middle Triassic (241-237 mya), Germanic Trias Supergroup, Upper Muschelkalk (limestone). Kircheim, Bavaria, Germany.
Middle Triassic (241-237 mya), Germanic Trias Supergroup, Upper Muschelkalk (limestone). Kircheim, Bavaria, Germany.
For #fossilfriday, two shell fragments from the straight shelled ammonite genus Baculites ("Walking Stick Rock").
Left: Baculites ellasi from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Fm, South Dakota, USA.
Right: Baculites compressus from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Fm, Montana, USA.
Left: Baculites ellasi from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Fm, South Dakota, USA.
Right: Baculites compressus from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Fm, Montana, USA.
March 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
For #fossilfriday, two shell fragments from the straight shelled ammonite genus Baculites ("Walking Stick Rock").
Left: Baculites ellasi from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Fm, South Dakota, USA.
Right: Baculites compressus from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Fm, Montana, USA.
Left: Baculites ellasi from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Fm, South Dakota, USA.
Right: Baculites compressus from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Fm, Montana, USA.
#Fossilfriday A limestone fragment with multiple leaves from the tree-sized Pteridosperm (seed fern) Glossopteris browniana (“Tongue Wing”). This fossil came from the Early Permian (275 mya) Glossopteris Beds of the Blackwater Formation of Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia.
March 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#Fossilfriday A limestone fragment with multiple leaves from the tree-sized Pteridosperm (seed fern) Glossopteris browniana (“Tongue Wing”). This fossil came from the Early Permian (275 mya) Glossopteris Beds of the Blackwater Formation of Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia.
For #Fossilfriday, a large anterior (front of the mouth) tooth from the aulopiform teleost fish Enchodus libycus. This came from the Late Cretaceous Phosphate Beds of the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco.
February 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
For #Fossilfriday, a large anterior (front of the mouth) tooth from the aulopiform teleost fish Enchodus libycus. This came from the Late Cretaceous Phosphate Beds of the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco.
For #fossilfriday a well preserved maxillary tooth from the giant allosauroid theropod dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (meaning "Shark Toothed Lizard from the Sahara"). This was found in sandstone river deposits in the Late Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of South-East Morocco.
February 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
For #fossilfriday a well preserved maxillary tooth from the giant allosauroid theropod dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (meaning "Shark Toothed Lizard from the Sahara"). This was found in sandstone river deposits in the Late Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of South-East Morocco.
For #fossilfriday , I wanted to start a new thing where I share one fossil from my personal collection each week. First up is a molar from the Miocene age elephant relative Prodeinotherium bavaricum. This comes from the Gračanica coal mine in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
February 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
For #fossilfriday , I wanted to start a new thing where I share one fossil from my personal collection each week. First up is a molar from the Miocene age elephant relative Prodeinotherium bavaricum. This comes from the Gračanica coal mine in Bosnia-Herzegovina.