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The story of the fossil meteorites What four small pieces of rock can teach us about the history of the solar system. By David Boehnlein, Astronomy, November 29, 2017 http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/11/the-story-of-the-fossil-meteorites Yours, Paul H.

Had a wonderful day at the Natural History Museum in Stockholm , especially as I spotted some fossils on display from my home town of Peterborough in the UK.

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Osterplana 065,q Ost 65 for short was a meterorite that smashed on earth 470 million years ago.Landing in Sweden,this Ordovician collision part landed on limestone and has been analyzed and is believed to be part of the meteor that smashed into the main Orodovician body. LINK to article

It's been a while since I posted my collection. And many things have changed since then, Many new fossils as well as creations of my own. Here's an overview of the fossils I have on display as of 2015 On the left shelf from the top. First there's Ice Age megafauna from the North Sea including Woolly Mammoth scapula and jaw as well as a Horse foot with a homemade stand. Below that is a complete neck of a Woolly Rhino, a Cave Lion and a giant snail. Next I have some recent material. Then there's my Jurassic material with some ammonites and a replica of the original Pterodactylus holotype. Below that are my Devonian Trilobites and at the bottom are Trilobites and Orthocones from the lower Ordovician of Kinnekulle, Sweden. I haven't changed much on the left side in recent times so I haven't made any closeup photos. But if you guys want I can still make those. Then there's the right side where I've added a lot of new things. As some of you may know I sometimes make sculptures of skulls from foam. So on the top shelf I have my pride and joy. A lifesize sculpture of a subadult Gorgosaurus libratus skull. Next to it I have a real Gorgosaurus tooth from Alberta and a replica of a T. rex tooth. Under it I have my prettiest Kem Kem fossils. From the left: Spinosaurus tooth, Carcharodontosaurus tooth, Onchopristis tooth, Abelisaurid tooth and some dinosaur bones. Here I have on the left replicas of Mongolian dinosaurs, Velociraptor skull and killing claw, Oviraptor egg and baby Psittacosaurus skeleton. In the back is a real piece of petrified wood from China. On the right I have other Canadian dinosaurs that go with my Gorgosaurus. A subadult Maiasaura skull replica and a sculpture of the baby Parasaurolophus "Joe" which I made. Don't you just love baby dinosaurs? Here's a scan I made of the Maiasaura skull using Photogrammetry. This shelf houses my my creepy critters from the Cretaceous cavernous depths. Mostly Mosasaur material with some Belemnites, Shark teeth and Zarafasaura. In the back is the only replica on the shelf. A lower jaw of a Platecarpus ptychodon. Then there are three jaw pieces which I all prepped. On the left there is a Prognathodon dentary that I repaired from 8 pieces. In the middle there's a small piece of a rare Halisaurus walkeri dentary and on the right there is a piece of Prognathodon pterygoid jaw. I also have some Globidens, Mosasaurus beaugei and Prognathodon sp. teeth While not shown on the shelf. I have another nice Mosasaur jaw with several other fragments that belong with it. I've scanned it here and mirrored the pieces to create a rough shape with where they should be. Though the quadrate bone should technically be a lot farther back. And also a scan of one of my Zarafasaura oceanis teeth. Also not in the cabinet since it's too long at almost a metre in length. My lifesize sculpture of a Bambiraptor skeleton. All completely homemade. And then there's the latest adition. For as a graduation present I got a Woolly Rhino skull replica!

These are my fossils from Gotland (southern Sweden) and they are all from silurian age. I have only photographed the most interesting specimens specifically, as i have far too many specimens to fotograph. Also, most are unidentified as i do not have much knowledge of fossil corals (which i have a lot of), or clams / sea urchins, but anyways, here it is: Corals These corals are of various different species, my most common type being Catenipora. Sea Urchins Sea Urchins like these are also quite common on Gotland Other Specimens These two fossils are by far the best ones i have from my Gotland "Expedition", first off, a nearly perfect silurian clam with no restoration or repair (however quite some prepping): And one of my two larger self-collected orthocnes: Dawsonoceras. it was a orthocone, with an unknown size, as no complete specimen has never been found: Here is the "Gotland box" where i store my fossils from Gotland, and i have as i said way too many to photograph: