Latest posts tagged with #Trepassia on Bluesky
broad Charnia frond at the bottom with a narrow frond right at its tip lying in the same orientation
This #FossilFriday is brought to you from the #Ediacaran of #InnerMeadow with the observation that #Charnia brasieri sometimes have #Trepassia like little feathers on top of their fronds. Part of a review paper coming out next week on life attitude of rangeomorphs :-).
spindle shaped #Trepassia fossil with fractal like branches on a whitish rusty bedding plane overlain with a white volcanic ash
This will be my last #FossilFriday of the year. I’m going to try to tune out as much as possible now to make the most of the rest of this year with family.
Leaving you with this shot of a #Trepassia and an #Arborea spinosa from our Inner Meadow site.
a cast of the Ediacaran fossil Trepassia showing its distinctive fractal like branching and radiating primary branches. Under study at Memorial University
While i love the summer fieldwork, time in the winter to photograph and work on #fossil replicas made in the field this last season is pretty wonderful too.
Here is a cast of #Trepassia sp. from the #Ediacaran of Newfoundland enjoying some winter sun on my window ledge. Happy #FossilFriday!
Here in Newfoundland & Labrador we are celebrating Tibb’s Eve today. So, building on the interest in last #FossilFriday #Trepassia, here is a really tiny one from the #Ediacaran of Newfoundland. The detail is amazing, it’s about 3cm long.
for #FossilFriday here is a small #Trepassia from the #Ediacaran of Newfoundland. This is a very rare small specimen, most are 2m or so in length. Trepassia belongs in the #Rangeomorpha an extinct clade of fractal-like early complex macroorganisms
