And from Georgia, USA, a few beautiful little trilobites, this is Aphelaspis brachyphasis from the Upper Cambrian 490 million years old.
The biggest one, in the centre is 1.5 cm long.
The biggest one, in the centre is 1.5 cm long.
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And finally, as we know, people like to send me poop, so here are two coprolites from the White River formation , South Dakota, much more recent at about 30 million years old.
From inclusions in the poop we know it's from a carnivore but cannot be certain which one.
A good guess is the dog family and maybe Hesperocyon.
From inclusions in the poop we know it's from a carnivore but cannot be certain which one.
A good guess is the dog family and maybe Hesperocyon.
Howdy Adam! How have you been youngin’ ? Well I’m hoping you have been well. (All just an opening for me to whine). I’m not sure if the newsies there have reported the super outbreak of the flu on this side of the pond or not but trust me with this, it’s no picnic. I’ve got cheap sinuses so most respiratory illnesses turn into sinus infections for me. Yes I’m so lucky, a one week flu bug turns into a three week at minimum gross, puss fest. I’m not even sure I can be so low as to wish this on anyone. Even someone I’m not liking at the time. You know what I mean brother?
Neuropteris a seed fern No seed bearing ferns exist any more, they are all spore bearing now.
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The longer one is a little over 7 cm long.
WOW! [emoji33] I never knew there had ever been SEED-bearing ferns! I learned something new!!!!! [emoji2]
On the left is Cyclus americanus and on the right Belotelson magister, a shrimp-like creature, see all the little legs and antennae?
Th cyclids were animals that performed the same ecological function as crabs do today, they flourished in the Carboniferous and Permian, survived the Triassic but went into decline in the Jurassic as crabs eveolved and flourished. They died out at about the same time as the dinosaurs near the end of the Cretaceous period
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The shrimp nodule is about 4 cm long.
Cyclus looked like this,
But I doubt it was this colour.
Its closest living relatives are fish lice.
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Hi Ken
Sorry to hear you got the flu. Unfortunately the outbreak is worldwide, so it’s pretty bad this side of the Atlantic too. Apparently this year’s vaccination only offers limited protection
I hope you feel better soon
Good afternoon roomies.
I’m loving the fossils, Adam. They’re so interesting.
I got a lovely hand-embellished card from @Linhdan Nguyen today. Thank you [emoji173]️
Yesterday’s trip to London was another without photos... sorry, sorry, sorry
We started at the Handel & Hendrix house
Handel of Messiah fame lived in a property right next to the flat where Jimi Hendrix lived 200 years later. It was OK. The Handel stuff was limited and the Hendrix really for superfans. I wouldn’t bother again.
Then we went to two small obscure museums that are part of University College London.
The first was the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology It’s a collection of things dug up over the last century or so by the university’s archaeologists. The star exhibit has to be 5000 year old shirt that has been carefully preserved by the V&A for the university. I loved the household objects they had on display. Photos on the link
The second was the Grant Museum of Zoology which is, as you imagine, full of stuffed animals, preserved animals, fossils and skeletons. These were teaching aids, so you have things like a jar full of moles... one per student. You can see a picture of that and other stuff on the link.
Both the museums were interesting in their own way.
The best part of the day came last... an after dark tour of Dennis Severs’ House
It was entirely lit by candles and heated by open fires. You do the tour in total silence. Nobody is allowed to speak. It looked like the family had just left. It was totally amazing!
You have to book this in advance, but if you’re planning on being in London then I recommend you do so!
I’m loving the fossils, Adam. They’re so interesting.
I got a lovely hand-embellished card from @Linhdan Nguyen today. Thank you [emoji173]️
Yesterday’s trip to London was another without photos... sorry, sorry, sorry
We started at the Handel & Hendrix house
Handel of Messiah fame lived in a property right next to the flat where Jimi Hendrix lived 200 years later. It was OK. The Handel stuff was limited and the Hendrix really for superfans. I wouldn’t bother again.
Then we went to two small obscure museums that are part of University College London.
The first was the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology It’s a collection of things dug up over the last century or so by the university’s archaeologists. The star exhibit has to be 5000 year old shirt that has been carefully preserved by the V&A for the university. I loved the household objects they had on display. Photos on the link
The second was the Grant Museum of Zoology which is, as you imagine, full of stuffed animals, preserved animals, fossils and skeletons. These were teaching aids, so you have things like a jar full of moles... one per student. You can see a picture of that and other stuff on the link.
Both the museums were interesting in their own way.
The best part of the day came last... an after dark tour of Dennis Severs’ House
It was entirely lit by candles and heated by open fires. You do the tour in total silence. Nobody is allowed to speak. It looked like the family had just left. It was totally amazing!
You have to book this in advance, but if you’re planning on being in London then I recommend you do so!
Good afternoon roomies.
I’m loving the fossils, Adam. They’re so interesting.
I got a lovely hand-embellished card from @Linhdan Nguyen today. Thank you [emoji173]️
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Yesterday’s trip to London was another without photos... sorry, sorry, sorry
We started at the Handel & Hendrix house
Handel of Messiah fame lived in a property right next to the flat where Jimi Hendrix lived 200 years later. It was OK. The Handel stuff was limited and the Hendrix really for superfans. I wouldn’t bother again.
Then we went to two small obscure museums that are part of University College London.
The first was the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology It’s a collection of things dug up over the last century or so by the university’s archaeologists. The star exhibit has to be 5000 year old shirt that has been carefully preserved by the V&A for the university. I loved the household objects they had on display. Photos on the link
The second was the Grant Museum of Zoology which is, as you imagine, full of stuffed animals, preserved animals, fossils and skeletons. These were teaching aids, so you have things like a jar full of moles... one per student. You can see a picture of that and other stuff on the link.
Both the museums were interesting in their own way.
The best part of the day came last... an after dark tour of Dennis Severs’ House
It was entirely lit by candles and heated by open fires. You do the tour in total silence. Nobody is allowed to speak. It looked like the family had just left. It was totally amazing!
You have to book this in advance, but if you’re planning on being in London then I recommend you do so!
WOW!!![emoji33] You find the most AMAZING adventures!!!!! [emoji2][emoji2][emoji2]
It's my husband. He has a low boredom threshold and goes looking for things we haven't seen or done before!
However, it looks like I might have him out from under my feet again soon. He went to see a former employer about some contract work today and it looks like it might come off
Hello, Ken!
Happy New Year!
Yes, you mean that you're not liking me at this time but still wouldn't wish this particular nasty strain of influenza even on me
I've been well and do understand, if i get a flu infection it turns into a lung infection and things get pretty bad.
Hope you're on the mend and hope this goes away as quickly as is conceivable. Like now.
Get well soon ,Cowboy!
More advanced and more successful than the regular kind for millions of years but were out-competed by more advanced seed bearing plants.
Yup, very rare, obviously due to absence of hard parts, but they do occur in certain formations like Mazon Creek where soft part fossilization can sometimes happen. These sites are called by the rather wonderful name of lagerstatten, German for "storage place".
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good afternoon roomies.
I’m loving the fossils, Adam. They’re so interesting.
I got a lovely hand-embellished card from @Linhdan Nguyen today. Thank you [emoji173]️
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Yesterday’s trip to London was another without photos... sorry, sorry, sorry
We started at the Handel & Hendrix house
Handel of Messiah fame lived in a property right next to the flat where Jimi Hendrix lived 200 years later. It was OK. The Handel stuff was limited and the Hendrix really for superfans. I wouldn’t bother again.
Then we went to two small obscure museums that are part of University College London.
The first was the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology It’s a collection of things dug up over the last century or so by the university’s archaeologists. The star exhibit has to be 5000 year old shirt that has been carefully preserved by the V&A for the university. I loved the household objects they had on display. Photos on the link
The second was the Grant Museum of Zoology which is, as you imagine, full of stuffed animals, preserved animals, fossils and skeletons. These were teaching aids, so you have things like a jar full of moles... one per student. You can see a picture of that and other stuff on the link.
Both the museums were interesting in their own way.
The best part of the day came last... an after dark tour of Dennis Severs’ House
It was entirely lit by candles and heated by open fires. You do the tour in total silence. Nobody is allowed to speak. It looked like the family had just left. It was totally amazing!
You have to book this in advance, but if you’re planning on being in London then I recommend you do so!
(the card as Christmas continues).
The Petrie Museum is great, definitely worth a visit, not been to the others.
Fossils sounds good though!
What happens if you speak in Dennis Severs' House ? I might pretend to have Tourette's
Another interesting day, it would seem.
Hope so.It's my husband. He has a low boredom threshold and goes looking for things we haven't seen or done before!
However, it looks like I might have him out from under my feet again soon. He went to see a former employer about some contract work today and it looks like it might come off
Good luck with that!
This year is as all others in my life … I’ve yet to ever receive any of them-thar flu vaccinations. I’ve always lived in isolation up on the hill, exposed to none other than the postal carrier. This year is different, I’ve been taking my girlfriends, grandson to school lately and I mentioned in an earlier post that he’s 5 yrs old and suffers from learning difficulties.Apparently this year’s vaccination only offers limited protection
I hope you feel better soon
I’m the nazi grandpa that insists on holding his hand to the classroom, and truthfully I’ve no idea what he does in the backseat of my car while in his car seat. So it goes though, right? Now I’m too ill to take him to school and I honestly miss the little guy these days. His mom tells him, but whether he understands the words or just the inflection is a toss up.
This year is as all others in my life … I’ve yet to ever receive any of them-thar flu vaccinations. I’ve always lived in isolation up on the hill, exposed to none other than the postal carrier. This year is different, I’ve been taking my girlfriends, grandson to school lately and I mentioned in an earlier post that he’s 5 yrs old and suffers from learning difficulties.Apparently this year’s vaccination only offers limited protection
I hope you feel better soon
I’m the nazi grandpa that insists on holding his hand to the classroom, and truthfully I’ve no idea what he does in the backseat of my car while in his car seat. So it goes though, right? Now I’m too ill to take him to school and I honestly miss the little guy these days. His mom tells him, but whether he understands the words or just the inflection is a toss up.
Five year olds are germy little beasts. They catch everything and are very good at sharing it with their carers that usually get it worse than the child.
The school I last worked at had a preschool. The staff in there were always sick more frequently and worse than any of the rest of us!
I hope you are on the mend soon
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Rainy day here in Chicago.
Hi, Austin, it's even been raining here the last few days.
A lot.
Which is good.
Just received a parcel of fossils from a chap in Illinois , very nice, too.
(though he's in Aurora)
