Listen to my talk on our physical Foraminifera Collection on youtube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3KZjA1bso

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!

https://albertapaleo.org/events

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.

Thanks to all contributors! Check it out at www.foraminifera.eu #foraminifera #protists #ForamFriday #microfossils #fossils