1979
Paleontology and Paleoanthropology related Philatelic items issued in the year 1979: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, cave paintings, fossils.
Postage stamps related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology
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| 09.10.1979 Egypt | 07.09.1979 El Salvador | 07.07.1979 France |
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| 12.05.1979 Greece | 27.02.1979 Isle of Man [1] | 01.01.1979 Vietnam |
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Notes
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Philip Moore Callow Kermode and fossil gastropod Nassa kermodei on stamp of Isle of Map 1979
MiNr.: 138, Scott: 142. |
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Stamp with face value of 6 p., shows portrait of Philip Moore Callow
Kermode (1855 – 1932), who was a Manx antiquarian and historian (not paleontologist).
In 1922 he became the first director of the newly established Manx Museum.
Another object on the stamp is a fossil gastropod (the Gastropoda or gastropods are more commonly known as snails and slugs Nassa kermodei). The first gastropods were exclusively marine, with the earliest representatives of the group appearing in the Late Cambrian, 497 to 485.4 million years ago.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his very valuable comments.