On a moonlit night in the early Carboniferous, two Pulmonoscorpius do a mating dance in the Lepidodendron swamp. Although the giant scorpions have little interest in prey right now, a Balanerpeton amphibian wisely decides to swim away, while several Casineria sleep through the night in the copious tree litter.
Volunteer Jordan Bestwick has been improving conditions in the fossil collection at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, reorganising and packing specimen trays with acid-free foam or paper.
Here he is working on some drawers of Carboniferous Coal Measures fossils.
A coil of fossilized flotation chambers- When living the connected internal chambers in this Goniatite shell would have contained a mixture of liquid and gasses. By applying pressure to this gass and liquid mixture the Goniatite would have been able to control its buoyancy much like modern submarines do. County Clare, Ireland.
Not really sure what this is a fossil of?? If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them 🤔
Found in carboniferous limestone.
County Donegal, Ireland. @visittheburren@drsadhbh@kerry_geo
Part of a fossilized Crinoid stem and a Solitary Coral side by side. Deposited there by water currents/Sea movement over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
More fossilized Crinoid pieces (disc shaped pieces), some bryozoan (net like fragments) and this hexagonal bit that I am unsure of - part of a Crinoid calyx?? or a trilobite eye?? all suggestions welcome.
County Donegal, Ireland.