Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️)
@cambriancam.bsky.social
I am a science communicator and self-taught paleontologist/geologist located in Georgia. Future Invertebrate Paleontologist. I collect and study fossils from the Appalachian Basin.
Paleo Nerd 🦖🪨 ⚒️
Paleo Nerd 🦖🪨 ⚒️
Annnnnnnd, it is my tattoo. This one is Paradoxides gracliis from the same formation.
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Annnnnnnd, it is my tattoo. This one is Paradoxides gracliis from the same formation.
Just to give you an example of how big they can get, here is a size chart. Acadoparadoxides is the 2nd to the left.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Just to give you an example of how big they can get, here is a size chart. Acadoparadoxides is the 2nd to the left.
#TrilobiteTuesday
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#TrilobiteTuesday
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.
It's usually referred to as an anal tube. But because of the length it is called called the anal chimney. They can be as long as the arms of the crinoid.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's usually referred to as an anal tube. But because of the length it is called called the anal chimney. They can be as long as the arms of the crinoid.
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Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
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Here is a beautifully enrolled Dolomitized Calymene celebra from the Silurian (Wenlock) Joliet Dolomite from Grafton, Illinois.
Here is a beautifully enrolled Dolomitized Calymene celebra from the Silurian (Wenlock) Joliet Dolomite from Grafton, Illinois.
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Here is a beautifully enrolled Dolomitized Calymene celebra from the Silurian (Wenlock) Joliet Dolomite from Grafton, Illinois.
Here is a beautifully enrolled Dolomitized Calymene celebra from the Silurian (Wenlock) Joliet Dolomite from Grafton, Illinois.
We are 2 for 2 with echinoderms for #fossilfriday!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are 2 for 2 with echinoderms for #fossilfriday!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
#FossilFriday
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#FossilFriday
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
Diane Acker and I at Late Ordovician Sequatchie Formation in Ringgold, Georgia. We are looking at the Ordovician-Silrurian boundary as well as collecting ichnofossils. @ichnologist.bsky.social has an excellent blog post about this. Check it out!
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Diane Acker and I at Late Ordovician Sequatchie Formation in Ringgold, Georgia. We are looking at the Ordovician-Silrurian boundary as well as collecting ichnofossils. @ichnologist.bsky.social has an excellent blog post about this. Check it out!
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
I wasn't expecting this! While out looking for fossils in the Chickamauga Group in Catoosa Co, Georgia, I found a trilobite cephalon fragment. Based on the insanely long genal spine and the hour glass shaped glabella, I believe it is a Cerauruid.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I wasn't expecting this! While out looking for fossils in the Chickamauga Group in Catoosa Co, Georgia, I found a trilobite cephalon fragment. Based on the insanely long genal spine and the hour glass shaped glabella, I believe it is a Cerauruid.
Evidence of this is found in the form of limestone and shale along the roads in Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe. Within those rocks are evidence of the inhabitants of that sea. This includes brachiopods, ostacods, crinoids, bryozoans, and trilobites.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Evidence of this is found in the form of limestone and shale along the roads in Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe. Within those rocks are evidence of the inhabitants of that sea. This includes brachiopods, ostacods, crinoids, bryozoans, and trilobites.
I am here in Catoosa County, Georgia next to the Chickamauga Group. This particular group of rocks dates back to the Middle-Late Ordovician period (~471-440 million years ago). During this time, NW Georgia was south of the equator and was covered in warm shallow epicontinental sea.
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I am here in Catoosa County, Georgia next to the Chickamauga Group. This particular group of rocks dates back to the Middle-Late Ordovician period (~471-440 million years ago). During this time, NW Georgia was south of the equator and was covered in warm shallow epicontinental sea.
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No, dinosaur controversy here, Here we have a beautiful sliced Halysitid (chain) coral from the Middle Devonian Callaway Limestone (Cedar Valley Group) of Columbia, Missouri.
No, dinosaur controversy here, Here we have a beautiful sliced Halysitid (chain) coral from the Middle Devonian Callaway Limestone (Cedar Valley Group) of Columbia, Missouri.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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No, dinosaur controversy here, Here we have a beautiful sliced Halysitid (chain) coral from the Middle Devonian Callaway Limestone (Cedar Valley Group) of Columbia, Missouri.
No, dinosaur controversy here, Here we have a beautiful sliced Halysitid (chain) coral from the Middle Devonian Callaway Limestone (Cedar Valley Group) of Columbia, Missouri.
I get to dress up at work today. I'll let you guess as to who I am going as. 🦖🦕
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I get to dress up at work today. I'll let you guess as to who I am going as. 🦖🦕
#TrilobiteTuesday
Here is a tiny partially enrolled Kaskia chesterensis trilobite from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone Formation from Russellville, Alabama. Unfortunately the head isn't there.
Here is a tiny partially enrolled Kaskia chesterensis trilobite from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone Formation from Russellville, Alabama. Unfortunately the head isn't there.
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#TrilobiteTuesday
Here is a tiny partially enrolled Kaskia chesterensis trilobite from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone Formation from Russellville, Alabama. Unfortunately the head isn't there.
Here is a tiny partially enrolled Kaskia chesterensis trilobite from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone Formation from Russellville, Alabama. Unfortunately the head isn't there.
Literally just got a cast of it last week! Prefect timing. I can't wait to see the finished piece.
October 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Literally just got a cast of it last week! Prefect timing. I can't wait to see the finished piece.
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Here is the holotype cast skull of Proceratosaurus bradleyi. It was found in the Middle Jurassic (Late Bathonian) Great Oolite Group (Forest Marble Formation) near Minchinhampton, a town in Gloucestershire, England.
Here is the holotype cast skull of Proceratosaurus bradleyi. It was found in the Middle Jurassic (Late Bathonian) Great Oolite Group (Forest Marble Formation) near Minchinhampton, a town in Gloucestershire, England.
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Here is the holotype cast skull of Proceratosaurus bradleyi. It was found in the Middle Jurassic (Late Bathonian) Great Oolite Group (Forest Marble Formation) near Minchinhampton, a town in Gloucestershire, England.
Here is the holotype cast skull of Proceratosaurus bradleyi. It was found in the Middle Jurassic (Late Bathonian) Great Oolite Group (Forest Marble Formation) near Minchinhampton, a town in Gloucestershire, England.
Happy National Fossil Day! And happy Birthday to my mom. The one who encouraged me to stay curious and to never give up on my dreams. ❤️ ⚒️ 🪨 🎉
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy National Fossil Day! And happy Birthday to my mom. The one who encouraged me to stay curious and to never give up on my dreams. ❤️ ⚒️ 🪨 🎉
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Here is the fresh water Dastilbe elongatus. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Formation in Serra de Araipe, Brazil. The Santana Formation is well known for its exquisite preservation of pterosaurs fossils.
Here is the fresh water Dastilbe elongatus. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Formation in Serra de Araipe, Brazil. The Santana Formation is well known for its exquisite preservation of pterosaurs fossils.
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Here is the fresh water Dastilbe elongatus. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Formation in Serra de Araipe, Brazil. The Santana Formation is well known for its exquisite preservation of pterosaurs fossils.
Here is the fresh water Dastilbe elongatus. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Formation in Serra de Araipe, Brazil. The Santana Formation is well known for its exquisite preservation of pterosaurs fossils.
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Circled are two cranidia from the trilobite Tricopelta breviceps. They are less common than trilobites like Flexicalymene and Isotelus within the Cincinnatian Series. This specimen comes from the Upper Ordovician (Richmondian) Liberty Formation in Franklin county, Indiana.
Circled are two cranidia from the trilobite Tricopelta breviceps. They are less common than trilobites like Flexicalymene and Isotelus within the Cincinnatian Series. This specimen comes from the Upper Ordovician (Richmondian) Liberty Formation in Franklin county, Indiana.
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Circled are two cranidia from the trilobite Tricopelta breviceps. They are less common than trilobites like Flexicalymene and Isotelus within the Cincinnatian Series. This specimen comes from the Upper Ordovician (Richmondian) Liberty Formation in Franklin county, Indiana.
Circled are two cranidia from the trilobite Tricopelta breviceps. They are less common than trilobites like Flexicalymene and Isotelus within the Cincinnatian Series. This specimen comes from the Upper Ordovician (Richmondian) Liberty Formation in Franklin county, Indiana.
I had a fun time setting up at the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences for their Fall and Fossil Fest. My friend and former science teacher Diane Akker helped as well. Over half a billion dollars was represented on 2 tables.
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I had a fun time setting up at the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences for their Fall and Fossil Fest. My friend and former science teacher Diane Akker helped as well. Over half a billion dollars was represented on 2 tables.
Ray Troll sent me this Paleo themed shirt with his art. So of course I had to model it. #Paleonerds
October 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ray Troll sent me this Paleo themed shirt with his art. So of course I had to model it. #Paleonerds
Been awhile since I've put anything up on my YouTube channel. The in the upcoming video we will going over Biomineralizaton and the organisms that use it to their advantage. Video drops tomorrow.
September 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Been awhile since I've put anything up on my YouTube channel. The in the upcoming video we will going over Biomineralizaton and the organisms that use it to their advantage. Video drops tomorrow.
This upcoming Saturday (Oct 4th) The Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences will be having their Fall and Fossil Fest. It will be from 10AM-4PM. I and many others will have tables in the museum full of fossils. If you want to learn more about Georgia's prehistoric past, recommend attending this event.
September 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This upcoming Saturday (Oct 4th) The Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences will be having their Fall and Fossil Fest. It will be from 10AM-4PM. I and many others will have tables in the museum full of fossils. If you want to learn more about Georgia's prehistoric past, recommend attending this event.
Welcome back to #FossilFriday!
Did someone order seafood on the menu? Here are the shells of the oyster Exogyra cancellata. These come from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Demopolis Formation in Tueplo, Mississippi. These oysters are so common that you fill your backseat with them.
Did someone order seafood on the menu? Here are the shells of the oyster Exogyra cancellata. These come from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Demopolis Formation in Tueplo, Mississippi. These oysters are so common that you fill your backseat with them.
September 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Did someone order seafood on the menu? Here are the shells of the oyster Exogyra cancellata. These come from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Demopolis Formation in Tueplo, Mississippi. These oysters are so common that you fill your backseat with them.
Did someone order seafood on the menu? Here are the shells of the oyster Exogyra cancellata. These come from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Demopolis Formation in Tueplo, Mississippi. These oysters are so common that you fill your backseat with them.