This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Pterodactylus

After 1767, before 1780, an odd fossil was unearthed from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria.

Around 1780, Count Friedrich Ferdinand zu Pappenheim gave the specimen to the Naturalienkabinett, or nature cabinet of curiosities (a precursor to the modern concept of the natural history museum)

In 1784, Italian scientist Cosimo Alessandro Collini, described the the first specimen, naming it Pterodactylus antiquus.

Every time I idly wonder how Smilodon or any other sabre-toothed cat could possibly open its mouth wide enough to bite into anything with such large teeth I see either my own cat - or a video of a cat - yawning and the doubt is removed.

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's my 2024 Mistaken Point Ediacaran landscape reconstruction, created with Dr Duncan McIlroy and his team at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Featured are #Beothukis #Fractofusus #Arborea #Charnia #Charniodiscus #Ivesheadiomorph #Primocandelabrum #Bradgatia #Thectardis #Lydonia, sea anemone, & microbial mats.

#FossilFriday with images from Evolutionsmuseet, museum of evolution, Knuthenborg, Lolland, Denmark

For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Cecilia Cataldo.

This fossil is the gastropod Paleoanculosa macrochilinoides (CNAM-PI 24522) from the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina. These fossils notably show repaired shell damage as a result of attacks by one or more unknown durophagous predators

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I continue the in-depth discussion of ribs, with a look at a fossil #whale.

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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's my 2024 Mistaken Point Ediacaran landscape reconstruction, created with Dr Duncan McIlroy and his team at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Featured are #Beothukis #Fractofusus #Arborea #Charnia #Charniodiscus #Ivesheadiomorph #Primocandelabrum #Bradgatia #Thectardis #Lydonia, sea anemone, & microbial mats.

Today's fossil is an orthocone (straight-shelled) nautiloid! This particular fossil was found in the Tyndall stone outside of a building in downtown Calgary (the Goodlife fitness on Stephen Avenue). Tyndall stone, from Manitoba, is an Ordovician limestone which frequently contains fossils. It's also widely used as a decorative stone, so next time you're downtown see if you can spot some!

Scientists just discovered a mysterious unknown species hidden in the world's longest cave https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/unusual-tiny-shark-discovery-mammoth-cave #FossilFriday #Shark #MarineLife #MarineBiology

It’s a #Eocene #FossilFriday! This beautiful Megacerops skull is on display at the Trailside Museum in Crawford, Nebraska.

Megacerops upper molars feature a diagnostic W-shaped outer shearing surface, adapted for slicing through leaves and other plant material.

The Trailside Museum also houses the famous “Clash of the Mammoths” exhibit.

https://trailside.unl.edu/

This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as medium. This small flying reptiles is sometimes confused with its far far larger cousin.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

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Baja California Miocene Carcharodon megalodon tooth. #fossil #FossilFriday

Tiny Eocene seashells from geologic deposits near River Falls, Alabama. #fossils #FossilFriday #shells #seashells

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Monolophosaurus

In 1981, Dong Zhiming found a nearly complete skeleton during a stratigraphic exploration funded by the oil industry

In 1984 the fossil was finally unearthered

In 1987, before being formally described, it was called Jiangjunmiaosaurus in the press. This is a nomen nudum (a name with inadequate description, thus its invalid).

In 1993/1994, Zhao Xijin and Philip John Currie named and described the type species Monolophosaurus jiangi

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Part 3 in our look at ribs; what if you make them really heavy?

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