Category: Fossil Fridays
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Fossil Friday #3 – Encrusters!
Today’s Fossil Friday is a sneak peak into the little world of encrusters. Encrusters, known in the scientific community as epibionts, or sclerobionts, are organisms which attach and live on other organisms. In modern oceans, the most obvious example of encrusters, or epibionts, are barnacles (see picture below). Encrusters need a hard surface on which…
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Fossil Friday #2 – Cone Snails!
If you have ever been shell collecting on a tropical vacation, you have probably come across a cone snail. These snails are popular among collectors because of their often highly polished and colourful, patterned shells. Cone snails are a type of gastropod (snail), which mostly belong to a single genus, Conus (although there are several other…
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Fossil Friday July 22/16
Welcome to the first of many Fossil Friday posts! Each week, I’ll feature a new invertebrate fossil or group, along with pictures and a little bit of info. I will do longer posts about various fossil groups as part of my regular blog. If you ever have any suggestions for critters you’d like to see,…