Feb 7, 2013

Fossil corals: Fossils, rocks and ...scorpions!

Hello, again !
Sometime , looking for fossils, rocks and plants, one can have an unexpected encounter...like this :



Oct 21, 2012

Fossil corals : Clypeaster

From the short visit in the MUPE museum, Elche , I still have pictures of some beautiful fossils .
This time, the Clypeaster genus, a fossil sea urchin (Echinoderm), Late Eocene-Recent.


Clypeaster altus
Clypeaster altus, Miocene, Albacete

Clypeaster taurus,(my favorite) Miocene, Murcia : 






Clypeaster portentosus pyramidalis (pyramiladis = pyramidalis? ) Miocene, Elche  :







And many other fossils can be admired in the museum...simply go and visit !
ME GUSTA EL MUSEO MUPE (Elche) !


Oct 14, 2012

Fossil corals: Mupe, Elche, Spain, 2012

A few fossil corals, fossil echinoderms, fossil gastropods, from Mupe, Elche, Spain :

Theodoxus sp , Miocene, Valencia


Strombus latus , Pliocene, Murcia



Echinoderms :



Cidaris melitensis, Miocene, Elche, Spain :

Fossil corals