paleoflor Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Hi all, Fossils can sometimes be incredibly similar to their extant (though sometimes distant) relatives. Really amazing, if you ask me. So much so, that I like to keep recent material (dried and living plants, as well as photographs) for comparison purposes. Since it is quite fun and can also be rather informative, I imagine more of us tend to do something similar. Please share your recent-fossil comparative material, for it is fantastic to see "old and new" together. I'll kick off with some plants. Cheers, Tim *Alnus carpinoides fossils were obtained from piranha - thanks again, Scott! Edited August 11, 2014 by paleoflor Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 How about dinosaurs and birds. A foot of deinonychus and a bald eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 How about dinosaurs and birds. A foot of deinonychus and a bald eagle Nice example, and beautiful Deinonychus foot - from your collection? It also reminded me of a particularly nice xkcd comic. Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Did someone mention Falco peregrinus? 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Nice example, and beautiful Deinonychus foot - from your collection? It also reminded me of a particularly nice xkcd comic. Yes its from collection. Love the peregrine's would see them soar over the Calvert Cliffs in Maryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tethys Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 The Miocene birch trees with their bark still in living color are gorgeous! My only fossil that has a living ancestor is a Lingulid brachiopod. It's identified as L. anatina in the original literature, and it does look like a modern geoduck. I will refrain from torturing TFF with any more of my awful photo attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Extant lingulid Lingulid from my collection... lower to middle Cambrian (photo is really old, sorry about how poor it is) Edited August 15, 2014 by tmaier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) A Leuciscus demasii fossil fish and it's modern relative the rainbow dace (Notropis lutrensis) Edited August 16, 2014 by Triceratops -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 The Miocene birch trees with their bark still in living color are gorgeous! (...) Thank you, that is exactly what I like about the opalised birch as well. Extant lingulidLingulid from my collection... lower to middle Cambrian (...) Middle Cambrian - recent, that is what I call a wide temporal range! Beautiful example. A Leuciscus demasii fossil fish and it's modern relative the rainbow dace (Notropis lutrensis) Nice specimen. Do you know the approximate age of the fossil? Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thanks! Its miocene. -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Paleocene Hercoglossa nautiloid and its extant progeny...sorry for the low quality phone pic. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaholic Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) My wife just returned today from a freshwater shrimp farm harvest here in Indiana and it made me think of this post. This is a savory salad made from the shrimp and a carboniferous Acanthotelson stimpsoni .Not sure if this is the type of comparative material you were looking for. Edited September 13, 2014 by Rockaholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Time for Captain Obvious but since there are many shark lover here. Snag past and present plus a modern great white vert with Moroccan Otodus verts. If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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