https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/articles daily 0.75 2026-06-23 https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/articles/blog-post-title-four-lr658-bj2x6-npr9b monthly 0.5 2026-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/7a5eeda2-c1a6-40ed-ac3e-3c99744ee433/Agariocrinus+americanus+angle+2.JPG Articles - Living Fossils: Overview of Carboniferous Crinoids - Make it stand out Agariocrinus americanus 46mm, Crawfordsville, Indiana, Edwardsville Formation, Carboniferous, Mississippian (358.9 to 323.2 million years ago) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/4d73fa6c-a947-4d55-b364-64bfb9e31f84/960px-Proisocrinus_ruberrimus.jpg Articles - Living Fossils: Overview of Carboniferous Crinoids - Make it stand out Modern Proisocrinus ruberrimus crinoid, NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/b97aca76-e825-40ab-9a98-30d4cc6f2272/Crinoid+Habitat+Reocnstruction%2C+Kentucky.jpg Articles - Living Fossils: Overview of Carboniferous Crinoids - Make it stand out Greb, S.F., Potter, P.E., Meyer, D.L., and Ausich, W.I., 2008, Mud mounds, paleoslumps, crinoids, and more; the geology of the Fort Payne Formation at Lake Cumberland, south-central Kentucky: Field trip for the Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Professional Geologists, May 17-18, 2008: 45 p. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/5e33fd73-0936-4792-aaca-737e934a19c0/250px-Crinoid_anatomy.png Articles - Living Fossils: Overview of Carboniferous Crinoids - Make it stand out Crinoid Body Structure, William I. 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The family Spiriferidae is known for its prominent ridges with the middle recession called the sulcus that divides the symmetrical sides of the shell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/77a64d6f-eee3-4419-a289-21b01b034c23/Paraspirifer+bownockeri+angle+2.JPG Articles - Spiriferidae Brachiopod Shell Structures Inducive for Filter Feeding - Make it stand out Paraspirifer bownockeri brachiopod fossil (52mm), Paulding, Ohio, Silica Formation, Middle Devonian (393 to 383 million years ago) https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/articles/blog-post-title-two-t5my5-hbmn2 monthly 0.5 2026-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/f6664fe1-1e59-43ff-b1dc-be3a9cc75b9e/Struveaspis+31mm%2C+33mm.jpg Articles - Review of Struveaspis sp. - Make it stand out double trilobites (31mm, 34mm) in hard, quartzite matrix: a signature of the Jorf, Morocco Tafilalt region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/f6da7c6c-c86f-4836-8fb0-a75ceac650db/struveapsis+angle+one%2C+showing+pustoles.JPG Articles - Review of Struveaspis sp. - Make it stand out angle highlighting the pustules of the large glabella, oftentimes not preserved from this locale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/0540eaa4-073f-4b61-b4b5-a4e6eb948615/struveapsis+angle+3+showing+both+on+large.JPG Articles - Review of Struveaspis sp. - Make it stand out Struveaspis sp. are known for their dimunitive lens count in comparision to other phacopids https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/articles/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-hzdyc monthly 0.5 2026-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/62cb2eba-12b2-4013-837e-c7d6d0454da3/Eldredgeops+rana+angle+3+head.jpg Articles - Eldredgeops Camouflage - Make it stand out The bulbous glabella of the genus indicated that the trilobite was an active predator in its habitat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/a9c4431f-3e05-4133-a70e-a14527208e1a/Eldredgeops+rana+3.png Articles - Eldredgeops Camouflage - Make it stand out “Camouflage pattern” Eldredgeops rana enrolled (18.4mm), Hamilton Group, Wanakah Shale, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/d69ce679-0265-4f6a-8370-cc7569929ef5/Eldredgeops+rana+angle+2+eyes.JPG Articles - Eldredgeops Camouflage - Make it stand out A closer view of the schizochroal eyes found exclusively within the Phacopina suborder https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/articles/blog-post-title-three-y3peb-xf8zr monthly 0.5 2026-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/710329a5-689b-45db-a7a3-cb0c92b95472/Eldredgeops+rana+crassituberculata+eye+1.JPG Articles - Schizochroal Eyes in Trilobites - Make it stand out Known as the frog-eyed trilobite, Eldredgeops is known for its large, prominent Schizochroal eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/5accdb89-0a87-4ae3-bb9b-80dd9684b08f/Eldredgeops+rana+crassituberculata+angle+4.JPG Articles - Schizochroal Eyes in Trilobites - Make it stand out Prone specimen of Eldredgeops rana crassituberculata (61mm), Paulding, Ohio, Silica Formation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/66501f6d-b581-4de1-8476-6d33c048f646/Eldredgeops+rana+crassituberculata+eye+2.JPG Articles - Schizochroal Eyes in Trilobites - Make it stand out Trilobites had solid, crystalline calcite eyes meaning they possessed the most advanced vision during the Middle Devonian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/6f4f8a61-a8f2-4552-bcaa-ee70f76d23ce/960px-Diorama_of_a_Devonian_seafloor_-_syringoporid_coral%2C_crinoids%2C_solitary_rugose_corals%2C_trilobite%2C_algae_%2845603714032%29.jpg Articles - Schizochroal Eyes in Trilobites - Make it stand out Middle Devonian Coral Reef Diorama, James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/articles/blog-post-title-three-y3peb-xf8zr-gzbmy-mpgss monthly 0.5 2026-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/aa5b1eaa-8d02-43a8-84de-2b31728afefa/Orthocone+Cephalopod.jpg Articles - A look at Orthoceras: Example of Misidentification in the Commercial Fossil Market - Make it stand out Orthocone Cephalopod, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/fossilpreparation daily 0.75 2026-06-23 https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/fossilpreparation/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-zlxng-67tfc-tx686 monthly 0.5 2026-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/6f273fc8-dff5-43fe-a931-f9b12abf79d5/1_RPMfsczuJrCTS5gwK2bS6A.webp Fossil Prep - History of Fossil Preparation - Early Fossil Preparation Tools. Credit: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/6060d7d0-914f-4f5f-931c-8b714e5bf5c5/1_souo48c7yysWpap0NVvSEw.webp Fossil Prep - History of Fossil Preparation - Modern preparation of a sauropod vertebrae using an air-scribe, microscope and lighting setup. Credit: Nils Knötschke https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/fossilpreparation/blog-post-title-two-t5my5-k4xmd-67jzh-efzex monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/53efe57c-c502-4351-9e2e-2383f33a7d85/1_rAjz6ZORvljJ16uLkYfBUg.webp Fossil Prep - Tools &amp; Techniques for Fossil Preparation - Side by side comparison of Devonian-age Moroccan Trilobites prepared using pneumatic tools. The left exhibits rough commercial preparation with many white dings while the right is a professionally prepared specimen with all the pleural spines kept intact. The small size of trilobites and their complex spiny morphology makes them especially difficult to prepare even using the best pneumatic tools. Credit: American Museum of Natural History Trilobite Archives: an incredible resource demonstrating the incredible biodiversity of trilobites with commentary from paleontologists https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/fossilpreparation/blog-post-title-four-lr658-tcthp-wf5mw-mnesr monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/89827213-cef9-4610-a154-4e99a533c1ce/unprepared+hollardops+series.jpg Fossil Prep - Trilobite Preparation Sequences - Unprepared Middle Devonian Hollardops mesocristata from Hamar Laghdad Fm, Alnif, Morocco. Moroccan trilobites are best prepared with air/pneumatic tools. Typical hard mineralized chert matrix-a signature for Moroccan trilobites and difficult to work with. Used high-torque settings on rotary tool to chip away at matrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/0baa7ef1-5a02-4f8c-9709-aeb1ecf26369/hollardops+prepared+series.jpg Fossil Prep - Trilobite Preparation Sequences - Prepared Hollardops mesocristata missing genal spines. Was a welcome surprise uncovering the eye of the trilobite without damaging it. Further preparation of ochre area would almost certainly damage the glabella of the trilobite, left as is. Total preparation time ~25 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/0a29d122-f3df-4852-9e3f-c2f6724f0f10/1_x1Td4nvNdark1XCzdQDJyw.webp Fossil Prep - Trilobite Preparation Sequences - Early Ordovician Liomegalaspides hupeiensis trilobite from Dawan Fm, Hubei, China; prepared using rotary tools on low torque settings. Matrix was an eroded calcitic shale and easy to work with. Coated with a thin layer of stabilizing adhesive as shell on glabella started flaking away. Total preparation time~7 hours. https://www.vitaantiquafossilcollection.com/fossilpreparation/blog-post-title-three-y3peb-4lwnz-5pkhf-befef monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/97ac5675-e337-4470-aed1-af6d3c33ae7a/fossil+prep+kit.jpg Fossil Prep - Hyracodon Lower Jaw Fossil Preparation - My Fossil Preparation Tool-Kit featuring a pin vice, drill bits, two electric rotary tools, a handheld magnifier, and stabilizing adhesive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/a6d97a7e-fbb8-4d99-84f2-edbfa7c93644/hyracodon+unprepared+new+sequence.jpg Fossil Prep - Hyracodon Lower Jaw Fossil Preparation - Preparation sequence of an Oligocene Hyracodon jaw encased in pink hued limestone. Brule Fm, Nebraska, USA. Preparation sequence of an Oligocene Hyracodon jaw encased in pink hued limestone. 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Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian B - Orzeskie Beds, Upper Silesia Coal Basin, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/8bc19d3e-d3cc-4212-be58-38833c95f150/Mepygurus+marmonti.jpg Gallery Mepygurus marmonti, Middle Jurassic, Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1eb6d4c0-0d15-4761-8699-b991086b32d5/Metailurus+major+upper+molars.jpg Gallery Metailurus major upper molars, Late Miocene, Guanghe Formation , Xihe, Gansu Province https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/0d0df01d-bab5-4fa4-8bd2-53657d22e05d/Hyracodon+nebrascensis+lower+jaw.jpg Gallery Hyracodon nebrascensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780873280523-9T5L2ORKA854XO5I9QAC/Acadoparadoxides%2Bsp.%2Bangle%2B2.png Gallery Middle Cambrian- 513 to 501 million years ago: famous for the Cambrian explosion of biodiversity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780881400398-O2XE3GWVJMDPR6M9GWFN/Eudolatites%2Bsp.%2B59mm.png Gallery 59mm Hungioides sp. Middle Ordovician, Shizipu Formation, Guizhou, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/d7d5ea12-b465-4d09-9257-8f6f653634e2/Coronocephalus+gaoluoensis+adult+50mm.JPG Gallery 50mm Coronocephalus gaoluoensis, Early Silurian(Llandovery stage), Xiushan formation, Yongshun county, Western Hunan province https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/98cb435b-56f8-4e95-9acc-72c0a4e569ec/Eldredgeops+rana+angle+3+head.jpg Gallery well-preserved specimen representative of camouflage patterns: of scientific significance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/035ffd2b-e81b-44f6-b395-2136c9d40cf3/330px-Archaeopteris_reconstruction.jpg Gallery Archaeopteris wood tree reconstruction, Retallack, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/3aec1b00-0ddd-403a-8661-8c7614914a5b/calamites+sp..jpg Gallery Calamites sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/65209fc6-4a0b-4517-907a-39c1908a5df6/IMG_0284.jpg Gallery Polished, agatized bones of a unidentified sauropod dinosaur-Early Cretaceous, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/4870600a-b524-4771-9d13-922877cae992/Otodus+megalodon+angle+2+%282%29.JPG Gallery Megalodon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/e19399f2-b105-404a-a83f-b136e8e01436/Hyracodon+nebrascensis+72mm.JPG Gallery Hyracodon nebrascensis lower jaw and molar, Oligocene, Brule Formation - White River Badlands Group, Pennington County, South Dakota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780873406907-1EYE8KPDAMGU2SUVYLQQ/Redlichia%2Bchinensis%2B69mm.png Gallery Redlichia chinensis, Lower Cambrian, Kaili Formation, Miaobanpo section, 69mm 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/e4321da5-dc42-436b-a064-ca764ada6dab/IMG_0285.jpg Gallery Assortment of polished mineralized Madagascar Ammonites: Cleoniceras sp. & Douvilleiceras mammilatum, Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780958274177-LE8AQVUIIZ3OPFUEPZG9/Otodus%2Bmegalodon%2B4.617%2Binches%252C%2B117mm.png Gallery Otodus megalodon, Middle Miocene, found on dive off SE Coast of United States, 4.617 inches, 117mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/2567180e-be49-4011-9659-8a7f58d2fca9/Hyracodon+nebrascensis+angle+2.JPG Gallery Hyracodon nebrascensis lower jaw and molar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780873628726-XAYYFRPWM574R8KFFXPJ/Cambropallas%2Btelesto%2B187mm.png Gallery Cambropallas telesto, Middle Cambrian, Jbel Wawrmast Formation, Morocco, 188mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780881788580-134L0M5QU8R7000CFPIA/Eodalmanitina%2Bdestombesi%2B44mm.png Gallery 52mm Eodalmanitina macrophtalma, Middle Ordovician, Darrivilien Stage, St Aubin des Chateaux, Loire, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/7dfec8f8-70cc-4338-9cef-9c8b4be38f54/Ciliscutellum+ciliensis+43mm+positive.JPG Gallery 43mm positive Ciliscutellum ciliensis, Lungmachi formation, Lower Silurian deposits of Hunan, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/d58c3bb2-5781-43ca-ae64-5a89f886d71b/Eldredgeops+rana+crassituberculata+angle+4.JPG Gallery 61mm Prone specimen of Eldredgeops rana crassituberculata, Middle Devonian-Givetian stage, Silica Formation, Paulding, Ohio, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/14bf37e6-0214-485a-8d9c-d18c12338346/Ischnacanthus_gracilis_life_restoration.jpg Gallery Ischnacanthus gracilis early shark, Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.ca/), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/fd9350f7-39a3-4a08-b8d2-ead68217437d/Agariocrinus+americanus+angle+2.JPG Gallery 46mm Agariocrinus americanus, Crawfordsville, Indiana, Edwardsville Formation, Carboniferous-Mississippian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/c0fa9919-281d-43dd-a75b-2ef86c728516/IMG_0286.jpg Gallery Worn Triceratops tooth, showing extreme wear likely discarded, Cretaceous, Hell Creek Formation, Wyoming, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780958297428-N95ZH0FLFWBC2EWAQEJQ/Otodus%2Bmegalodon%2Bangle%2B2.png Gallery Megalodon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/351bb44f-8f3f-4422-9740-a625823ab631/Hyracodon+nebrascensis+angle+3.JPG Gallery Hyracodon nebrascensis lower jaw and molar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/776b87e4-a486-44d8-9ecc-b0e1355fec44/Cambropallas+telesto+negative+half+185mm.JPG Gallery negative half, 187mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780881917212-9Z3XUZBOZYTZNUFTI0DF/unidentified%2BCarpoids.png Gallery Unidentified Carpoids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/bbf9f833-3303-4923-9cb9-793f256f8573/Ciliscutellum+ciliensis+44mm+negative.JPG Gallery 43mm negative Ciliscutellum ciliensis, Lungmachi formation, Lower Silurian deposits of Hunan, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/99dcdb1a-cd44-4e0f-9da9-4862f30c2573/Eldredgeops+rana+crassituberculata+eye+1.JPG Gallery well preserved schizochroal eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780939990836-Z3KZ38QTLEJX8QSB8YB2/Comptonaspis%2Bswallowi%2B8mm%252C%2B10mm.png Gallery one of the last trilobites: proetid Comptonaspis swallowi, Chouteau Formation, Upper Carboniferous-Mississippian Subsystem, Sedalia, Missouri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780941820225-4PLLYM070SFHDYIG5T2S/abelisaur%2Bmorocco%2B24mm.png Gallery Abelisaur theropod tooth, Late Cretaceous, Kem Kem Beds, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780958108989-TO3FM12CRPOSPY753CCO/Sand%2BShark%2Bassortment%252C%2BLee%2BCreek.png Gallery Assortment of Bull Shark, Sand Shark, and extinct genera from Lee Creek, Aurora NC, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/ef1321cf-d4b7-4dca-a1fa-12cea4d621ee/Hyracodon+nebrascensis+2.jpg Gallery Hyracodon nebrascensis, Oligocene, Brule Formation - White River Badlands Group, Pennington County, South Dakota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/465a7bff-c460-46f2-aee2-21f4c73ccc3c/Artistic_reconstruction_of_the_Cambrian_%28Drumian%29_Marjum_biota.png Gallery By Stephen Pates , et al. 2021. The diverse radiodont fauna from the Marjum Formation of Utah, USA (Cambrian: Drumian) PeerJ 9:e10509 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10509, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132480638 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/bb4b6f7c-5407-4f58-8ce5-7df1c8102408/Carpoids+angle+2%2C+starfish.JPG Gallery Unidentified Carpoids, Ordovician: Lower/Middle Caradoc Stage, Lower Ktaoua Formation, El Kaid Rami, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/0a9bb02c-f853-4a8d-bf62-1e64986c3ca5/Eldredgeops+rana+crassituberculata+eye+2.JPG Gallery well preserved schizochroal eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/3081dc12-d930-4614-bbf7-2efa6dc54109/Serratolamna+serrata+20.6mm.JPG Gallery Serratolamna serrata, Late Cretaceous, Phosphate Mines, Khouribga, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/4ab7a15b-4ccd-4147-96ec-c9057427fe5e/960px-Marriott_Falls_Vegetation.jpg Gallery Modern Forest: Floor JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/b9c80465-fdc2-499d-8f2c-4547fa79674e/IMG_0392.jpeg Gallery Insect Inclusions viewed under a macrolens, Early Miocene, Chiapas Amber, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/3e66648c-17f6-40a0-88f7-c7780e65ef05/Hyracodon+nebrascensis+1.jpg Gallery Hyracodon nebrascensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/393a5f73-804a-49bc-b7e7-d1ecacc143f6/Asaphus+punctatus+76mm.JPG Gallery Asaphus punctatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/0bd2cbb1-3f41-4706-8733-e5e97f76eafd/Ciliscutellum+ciliensis+molt+34mm+positive.JPG Gallery 34mm Ciliscutellum ciliensis, Lungmachi formation, Lower Silurian deposits of Hunan, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/b74a912a-8b6d-4971-890a-395648842de3/960px-Herefordshire_Biota.png Gallery Herefordshire Biota, Prehistorica CM, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/4785cd8a-bf64-4196-b514-dd8ca43da75c/Undescribed+Viaphacops+sp.+21mm.JPG Gallery 21mm Undescribed Viaphacops, Middle Devonian Eifelian stage, New York, Onondaga Formation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780942044376-0Q3AMRL5DXSAQB2RV5O7/Mosasaurus%2Bbeaugei%2B46mm.png Gallery rooted Mosasaurus beaugei tooth, Late Cretaceous, Phosphate Mines, Khouribga, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/487391ab-0409-41e5-8549-30979b80a349/IMG_0406.jpeg Gallery Insect Inclusions viewed under a macrolens: Chiapas Amber, Early Miocene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/25ac0e29-f491-4ee5-b4dd-07c47363db77/Otodus+auriculatus+displays+damage%2C+feeding+wear%2C+ancestor+of+the+famed+megalodon.jpg Gallery Otodus auriculatus, Oligocene, unknown location, displays damaged enamel, feeding wear, ancestor of the famed megalodon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/54abdea6-6550-4c27-9ba6-28798455816e/Asaphus+punctatus+angle+2.JPG Gallery 76mm Asaphus punctatus, Middle Ordovician, Asery Horizon, Lomokha Quarry, St. Petersburg region, Russia, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/b34fa839-2509-40f9-8105-842d747e3e21/Pedinopariops+vagabundus+72mm%2C+66mm.JPG Gallery 72mm, 65mm, Pedinopariops (Hypsipariops) vagabundus, Middle Devonian Eifelian stage, Bou Dib Formation, Jbel Mrakib Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/556dc231-7d9d-49be-8e31-a93df2cd008f/Temperoceras+sp.+124mm.JPG Gallery Mammites sp. Late Cretaceous, Goulmima, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/80532901-6db7-46d7-acab-ecd6a5da4a06/IMG_0398.jpeg Gallery Winged Insect Inclusion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/a593ded4-202c-45c5-8dbd-698e630b3422/Otodus+obliquus.JPG Gallery Adult Otodus obliquus, Eocene, Phosphate Mines, Khouribga, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/b3425706-2c19-4e99-ab87-519aa020b1c3/Liomegalaspides+hupeiensis.JPG Gallery 43mm Liomegalaspides hupeiensis, Upper Ordovician Dawan Formation Yichuan, Hubei, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/85eee012-cc4b-460a-89d3-8289f0ebfde4/Morocops+ovatus+45mm+best.JPG Gallery 45mm Morocops ovatus, Lower Devonian Emsian stage, Taharajat Jbel Oufaten, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/ed174805-d120-4ee9-965c-195cc972d9ec/Enchodus+vertabrae.jpg Gallery Enchodus vertabrae: large predatory fish, Late Cretaceous, Phosphate Mines, Khouribga, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/16b35364-dabc-4d37-b185-b631228220eb/IMG_0388.jpeg Gallery Winged Insect Inclusion: Early Wasp? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/a1412373-f0b9-4dd6-87c9-7f0f342d61da/Otodus+obliquus+18.2mm.JPG Gallery juvenile, pathological Otodus Obliquus, Eocene, Phosphate Mines, Khouribga, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/e4370de5-1765-4f3b-97af-9f704ec41235/Liexiaspis+zhengjiaensis+55mm.JPG Gallery 55mm Liexiaspis zhengjiaensis, Early Ordovician, Yinchufu Formation, Tremadoc layers, Yongshun, Hunan, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780933979046-SXD9CHT3PDM6LI4VN7G4/Morocops%2Bovatus%2Bangle%2B3%2B%25281%2529.png Gallery angle of eye-Morocops ovatus, Lower Devonian Emsian stage, Taharajat Jbel Oufaten, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/169d4a96-1f37-44f1-b3eb-342fd186bb40/IMG_0295.jpg Gallery Enchodus vertabrae: Late Cretaceous, Phosphate Mines, Khouribga, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/7f26b77d-fb21-4ab0-8d10-feb22ea29c80/IMG_0404.jpeg Gallery Early Insect Amber Inclusion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/57cddc10-0c0f-4e2a-887f-6903ce23ec70/snail+mold%2C+bryozoan%2C+florida+limestone.jpg Gallery Gastropod Mold and Bryozoan Fossils, Eocene, FL, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/3c566228-4b79-4a62-9ba9-30d85dbed8ad/Ampyx+gongwusuensis+32mm.JPG Gallery 32mm Ampyx sp. unknown locale, Guizhou, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/297ad208-627b-4716-a3f4-0e7ce8fc88f4/Gerastos+sp.+25.4mm.JPG Gallery 25.4mm unusually large Gerastos sp. Middle Devonian Eifelian Stage, El Otfal formation, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/f75f8926-fc43-4056-87ef-addd529dda20/960px-Enchodus_petrosus.jpg Gallery Fang-fish, Enchodus sp. lived with Mosasaurs, large predatory sharks, and others in the Cretaceous: Creator: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/02a2e9bb-5162-442f-be1a-860cd20e402a/AMNH.jpg Gallery Miocene Forest: AMNH https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/deep-time/miocene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/b8813385-82b7-44e2-a8c7-5cdf4a40d607/960px-Clarno-Nut-Beds-Mural-Large.jpg Gallery Eocene Forests-Open Access https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/ce74e150-06ff-42d0-99a1-2ec32f5260c5/Asaphellus+bellus+82mm.JPG Gallery 82mm compressed Asaphellus sp. Lower Ordovician, Madaoyu Formation, Yongshun County, Western Hunan, South China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/4b2f5092-9453-48f7-a0d0-e9a831e30adb/Struveaspis+31mm%2C+33mm.jpg Gallery 31mm, 34mm, Struveaspis sp. Middle Devonian-Eifelian Stage, Bou Tchrafine Formation, Jorf, Erfoud, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/2c1e01fc-9e21-426c-877c-9425048b2d42/Kem+Kem+Beds-+Fossilera+paleoart.jpg Gallery Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds https://www.fossilera.com/pages/kem-kem-beds-history-paleoecology-and-importance?srsltid=AfmBOoqsj8MUZDwb29yYpDnYD89m2bgPA1FPtXdvVZtC1rFt5CCfKRIE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/a40bdd63-fea7-4514-b394-e2bf1cd0f9c8/960px-Otodus_megalodon_in_sea_restoration.jpg Gallery Otodus Megalodon- Hugo Saláis, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/f196914f-2f43-4818-a129-b9a1a441f4c0/330px-Hyracodon.jpg Gallery historical Hyracodon illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780883821247-QOYIYDSMD8N32VT9LNKL/Neseuretus%2Btristani%2B59mm.png Gallery 59mm Neseruretus tristani, Middle Ordovician, Darrivilien Stage, St Aubin des Chateaux, Loire, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/f6974433-c8c8-4d00-aa49-dd12e07f1cde/struveapsis+angle+3+showing+both+on+large.JPG Gallery diminutive schizochroal eyes Struveaspis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/9151764d-7192-47b7-977f-efb3588b3610/960px-Carcass_of_Kamuysaurus.jpg Gallery Mosasaur feeding on carcass of dinosaur in reconstruction of Cretaceous sea: Art by Masato Hattori, published by Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Tomohiro Nishimura, Ryuji Takasaki, Kentaro Chiba, Anthony R. Fiorillo, Kohei Tanaka, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Tamaki Sato & Kazuhiko Sakurai, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/eccb7257-d685-4226-8be4-e6889d1aae89/Florida+Museum+of+Natural+History+Eocene+Paleoart.jpg Gallery Eocene Seas-https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blog/florida-fossils-eocene-epoch/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/5b624cfb-df56-4a3b-8eb8-0a62b45768e2/struveapsis+angle+one%2C+showing+pustoles.JPG Gallery diminutive schizochroal eyes Struveaspis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/2315a5b7-9124-46d5-b554-e34518c581f1/IMG_0392.jpg Gallery 42mm unkown calymenid trilobite, Early Ordovician, Fezouata Formation, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780935731530-9QBG1N11PS5DQ950LTWO/Geesops%2Bschlotheimi%2B22mm.png Gallery 22mm, Geesops schlotheimi, Middle Devonian-Eifelian Stage, Ahrdorf Formation, Flesten-Member, Gees, Eifel Region, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/39d890be-27c8-427a-b53d-0c20509b71e0/IMG_0386.jpg Gallery 73mm wide enrolled Isotelus maximus, Late Ordovician, Arnheim Formation, Mt. Orab, Ohio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/55baf861-a394-4c4e-b549-9f62bbd2168f/Ductina+vietnamica+29mm.JPG Gallery 29mm Ductina vietnamica, Middle Devonian-Eifelian Stage, Nandan Formation, Hunan, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/dcdea988-662f-4e3c-9c3b-ef3d3f1bfb0e/IMG_0390.jpg Gallery 73mm wide enrolled Isotelus maximus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/591c67e3-5496-4fac-abce-6bdec99733a1/Discoclymenia+cucullata+42mm.JPG Gallery 42mm Discoclymenia cucullata Goniatite, Late Devonian-Famennian stage, Quidane Cheppi, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/c6692c80-b5ef-4fc0-999b-9fbdda875a6f/IMG_0387.jpg Gallery 73mm wide enrolled Isotelus maximus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/df96e633-3967-48aa-88dd-45372e1df555/960px-Fezouata_Biota.jpg Gallery Reconstruction of Fezouata Biota, PaleoEquii, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780936224511-KY9KE1ETKXF6RCUHVH1Q/Heliophyllum%2Bhalli%2B43mm.png Gallery 43mm solitary rugose coral Heliophyllum halli, Middle Devonian period-Givetian stage, Arkona Formation, Southern Ontario, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780936355762-1O0W9X12AOW2NA10V5Q2/Paraspirifer%2Bbownockeri%2B52mm.png Gallery 52mm Paraspirifer bownockeri, Middle Devonian-Givetian stage, Paulding, Ohio, Silica Formation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780936380252-8R4E6O51OAYQRKCNNWD5/Paraspirifer%2Bbownockeri%2Bangle%2B2.png Gallery angle 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780936918496-8862SRYGPYBDFBMMKTQB/Atryparia%2Bsp.%2B21mm.png Gallery Atrypa sp. brachiopod, Middle Devonian-Givetian stage, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1780936942620-T3TMBU6R2YT6CK2MFXJJ/Hexagonaria%2Bpercarinata%2B35mm.png Gallery 35mm colonial rugose coral Hexagonaria percarinata, Middle Devonian, Gravel Point Formation, Michigan, U.S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/1ee59105-40e6-4ca6-8261-42c7cd68544a/orthocone+cephalopod.jpg Gallery Orthocone Cephalopod, Devonian, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/2171e6cb-059e-472f-9973-2139d03ae5aa/960px-Diorama_of_a_Devonian_seafloor_-_trilobites%2C_corals_%2844929141324%29.jpg Gallery Middle Devonian Sea Floor, Canada, James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/8cacd361-64d0-4802-bfd4-978086419dca/960px-Fauna_of_the_Escuminac_formation.png Gallery Shallow Seas of the Devonian featuring wood-decomposition, forestry, He who needs to be silenced, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a1c6571727cce682e6de0d5/2703e395-c0c2-4a78-bd49-d3d1c5e804d4/960px-Ostracoderm_digital_recreation..jpg Gallery Early Fish: Ostracoderm, Rod6807, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons