Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️)

#MolluscMonday Cut and polished specimen of the ammonite Hildoceras sublevisoni from the Lower Jurassic of Whitby, Yorkshire, preserving the early shell chambers infilled by several generations of cement.

Some species of coral but from a different rock unit. So not technically a true Petoskey Stone.

Bro, can you just enjoy the post and not bring politics into it?

It's not all that great. It's rough and not polished.

None.

Same type of coral but different location so not technically a Petoskey Stone.

Some type of coral but different location.

Some type of coral that makes the Petoskey Stone. Just from a different locality.

Happy #FossilFriday

This is a beautiful Hexagonaria (colonial horn coral) from the Middle Devonian Cedar Valley Formation from Coralville, Iowa. There is a location in Iowa City, Iowa known as the Devonian Fossil Gorge where you can see an intact coral 390 million year old coral reef like this one.

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the State of the Union:

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

Fascinating! This has been quite the year for dinosaur science and it isn’t even March yet.

Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken The alvarezsaurs were thought to have evolved a smaller stature because of their diet of ants and termites, but a new fossil found in Argentina casts doubt on that theory

www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

Welcome back to another #TrilobiteTuseday!

Here is Asaphiscus wheeleri from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Wheeler Formation from Delta, Utah.

The passing of Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues really hurts man. We bonded over our love for trilobites. We met in person at my first SVP back in 2023. We were so giddy to meet each other being online friends for years. He was extremely nice and just a great person to be around. A legend indeed. 💜

I briefly met Hans at my first SVP back in 2023. He was super nice and welcoming. It was great to finally meet him in person after being online friends with him for many years. The work he did in Paleo was and is ground breaking. I'm truly going to miss him and his love for cats. This one is rough.

Very sad to hear about the passing of Dr. Hans Sues. His last work was the description of Tyrannoroter heberti. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rare Finnish Meteorite Could Unlock New Insights About the Universe Meteorites are among the oldest rocks we’ve ever discovered. They come from a variety of celestial bodies that formed in the early days of the Solar System. Researchers at Åbo Akademi University…

Finnish Meteorites: The Geological Survey of Finland have studied a rare Finnish meteorite that could reveal new insights about the universe. Lieksa meteorites may all originate from the same source-a rare and complex body with a unique composition and structure. www.abo.fi/en/news/rare...

Just saw the incredibly sad news that Hans-Dieter Sues has passed away. Beyond his major contributions to paleontology, in all my interactions with him over the years, he was a stellar human being. He took great joy in life and in being a paleontologist. I learned so much from him.

More information on the MMNS website!

www.mdwfp.com/events/fossi...

Catch me at the Fossil Road Show at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.

"At 11:30 a.m., catch keynote speaker Cameron Muskelly's (pictured below) presentation, “Georgia Through Time: Clues of the Past Left Behind in the Rocks of the Peach State”.

My profile picture is was literally taken out in exposure in the Kope Formation

Cincinnati is so blessed to have an extremely rich record of Ordovician limestone exposures. I've collected the Cincinnatian Series in northern Kentucky. Truly one of the best collecting experiences I've had

Gypsum

Green crystal looking rock

The Gem Hall at LA’s Natural History Museum is full of big ass rocks that look like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. 10/10 experience for mineralheads.

Early or Middle I think

For #FossilFriday but also @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social ... this is the only edrioasteroid I had in the old collection. ⚒️🧪
Not Cincinnatian, but still weird and wonderful!

As if to prove how good the fossils out there have been this week, congratulations to Kevin Howard on this phenomenal find! We can definitely say we're jealous of this chunky piece of ichthyosaur jaw with teeth still in there just found sitting on the beach! #FossilFriday

Slabs showing ripples and tracks of the chirotherium (hand beast) in mid Triassic sandstone from Burton upon Trent in the Midlands. Sadly these have been lost but you can see how they got their name. #FossilFriday

I've been meaning to do some conodonts for #FossilFriday for a while now, but just never got around to 'em. They're on deck today! ⚒️🧪

The name means 'cone teeth' but for years, their affiliation was controversial - despite widespread importance for biostratigraphy. We now know they were fish. 🧵

#FossilFriday Presented to the British Museum in 1875 and now in the Natural History Museum, Ordovician brachiopods cover the surface of this small piece of Cincinnatian limestone from Waynesville, Ohio.

~421 million years old or so.