Sunday, June 29, 2008

Triassic fish from Madagascar


Localities in northwest Madagascar have yielded abundant fish fossils from the Triassic period. The fish occur in abundance with ammonites indicating that these fish were marine. The fossils are found in nodules. The above two fossils are from my collection. The top most picture is Australosomus, probably one of the most common fish from these deposits, whilst the lower picture is Perledus.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

The Difference between a palaeontologists and an archeologists


Do people who write in the worlds top science magazines actually know the difference between an archaeologist and a palaeontologist?
Palaeontology is the study of past life, most notably of extinct animals e.g. The Dinosaurs. Where archeology is the study of material remains related to various ancient cultures e.g. Egyptology is a form of archeology!