Listen to my talk on our physical Foraminifera Collection on youtube at:
Listen to my talk on our physical Foraminifera Collection on youtube at:
These days we have passed the 23,000 mark in our database. A big thank you to our contributors from all over the world for sending sediments, specimens, images and help with identifications. #foraminifera #microfossils #fossils #paleontology #MarineLife #MarineScience
Another successful microfossil sorting session! This one included a lot more unusual finds.
1 - Fish barb with spines (ouch!)
2 - Multituberculate molar - rare!
3 - Ungual phalanx
If you're interested in joining the illustrious group of volunteers that finds these fossils, our next event is Sunday, March 2, from 1 - 3:30pm at Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB. Everyone is welcome!
Thanks to everyone who came out to help us sort Eocene microfossils - it was our largest turnout yet!
Our next event will be Sunday, January 26 from 1 - 3:30pm at Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Rm. B140. Everyone is welcome to come help find fossils!
See albertapaleo.org/events for more details.
Foraminifera or just pseudofossil rock chips ???
I picked about 50 specimens from 10g of a disintegrated Jurassic shale. I think these are compressed agglutinated forams. Whats your opinion ? #foraminifera #microfossils #Jurassic #fossils #MarineLife #paleontology
Beat the winter blues with microfossil sorting! Join members of the APS this Sunday, January 12 from 1 - 3:30pm in rm. B140 at Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, to sort through fossil matrix from the Eocene of Sakatchewan. We'll be looking for mammal teeth, fish bones, and anything else we can find.
Anyone is welcome to attend, and we'll have people ready to get you started and show you how everything works.
I found several shallow water foraminifera as this Ammonia in a sand from the German Pre-Alps. They prove its marine origin from the Paratethys ocean. The Paratethys covered about 18mya ago vast areas north of the Alps. #foraminifera #MarineLife #fossils #microfossils #Miocene
Another year of microfossil sorting is at an end! Some highlights this session included a grastropod, many mammal teeth, a tiny crocodile tooth, and some amber!
Since this summer, volunteers for the APS have spent collectively 158 person-hours and sorted through a very auspicious 2024g of sediment!
Our next session will be January 12. For more details, see https://albertapaleo.org/events/. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday to help sort fossils! We found lots of teeth, fish scales, some vertebrae, and a selection of odds and ends. Pictured are a rodent incisor and molar (probably) from the Eocene of Saskatchewan.
Our next fossil sorting session is Sunday, December 1, and everyone is welcome! See the events page https://albertapaleo.org/events/ for more details.
We have a new room for our microfossil sorting this coming Sunday, October 20! If you're interested in going fossil hunting while comfortably sitting down with others who are as passionate as you, please join us in Mount Royal University room B140 from 1 - 3:30pm to look for microfossils!
This event is open to everyone age 12 and up, so we hope to see you there!
For more details, see the APS events page at https://albertapaleo.org/events/.
Have you ever wanted to go fossil hunting while sitting down in a climate-controlled room?
Aid the research of Dr. Theodor and Dr. Dutchak of the University of Calgary by searching the soil from the Cypress Hills Formation of Saskatchewan to find tiny fossils. We will be using microscopes in room B114 at Mount Royal University.
This event is open to anyone aged 12 and older.
For more details, see https://albertapaleo.org/events/
How NASA Can Avoid A False Positive Mars Microfossil Detection
by Bruce Dorminey for Forbes, including insights by Sandra Siljestrom, astrobiologist and geochemist, and ‘sample shepherd’ on Perseverance
Australian quaternarists and micropalaeontologists - applications for the Leanne Armand Travel Award are now open. Details on the #AQUA website: https://aqua.org.au/sample-page/the-leanne-armand-travel-award/
Phun with phytos!
A few thousand years ago, there was a little flowering plant near a small tell site in Iraq, and it left this really cool clue behind - evidence that it once lived :)) This is a multi-branched trichome phytolith, basically hair cells. This one may come from the Asteraceae (daisy) family (maybe maybe, still researching this one!), so one of some 32,000+ species
Stacked image; 400x magnification #microfossils #science #archaeology
Beautiful #Foraminifera - millions of years old, silicified and mineral stained. Stunning. Mother Nature is the best artist #microscopy #microfossils
Bizarre Fossils Are Neither Plant Nor Animal, But a 'Weird Fusion' of Life
https://www.sciencealert.com/bizarre-fossils-are-neither-plant-nor-animal-but-a-weird-fusion-of-life #euglenids #eukaryotes #microfossils #cysts
Enjoyed the #microfossils presentation and hands on workshop by Dr. Ed Jarvis #UCC via CorkGeological.
Saw ancient pollen, spores & other micro-organisms from our local Devonian & Carboniferous rocks.
Pic: my microscope photo view of Chitinozoan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitinozoan?wprov=sfla1
Thanks to all contributors! Check it out at www.foraminifera.eu #foraminifera #protists #ForamFriday #microfossils #fossils
So I started with 3g of sediment and this is what I have left after an acid bath in HCl to get rid of carbonates, separating out the clays, baking the organics out at 500 degrees C and separating out the silica But it’s ok! Gonna have lots of microfossils to look at! #phytoliths #sponges #diatoms #microfossils #PalaeoenvironmentalReconstruction #Science
Breathtaking Discovery: Unearthing Microfossils That Redefine Life’s Evolution
Scientists have discovered ancient microfossils in Western Australia, offering new insights into the rise of complex life during the Great Oxidation Event. These findings, which show similarities to algae, could redefine our understanding of life’s evolution and the potential for complex life forms in the universe.
https://scitechdaily.com/breathtaking-discovery-unearthing-microfossils-that-redefine-lifes-evolution/ #Microfossils #Evolution #GreatOxidationEvent #australia #life