Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

Moroccan Marrellomorphs part 2

It took me forever and a day, but here are the closeups of the marrellomorph I mentioned back in February:
Besides the sheer aesthetic beauty of the specimen, it has lovely preservation of gill-like appendages on its trunk.
Here's a closeup of the bottom left photo: 

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Moroccan Marrellomorphs

It's a wintry morning here in Connecticut, so I decided to add a little bit of desert sunshine to the world. I have been unpacking a new shipment of Moroccan fossils that we just received, and I came across this little beauty:
I know the picture isn't great, but I don't have a full camera set up out there. Maybe soon I'll take some close up shots with the microscope so that you can see its gills!