FOSSILS SPECIMEN MENU:
Fossils are defined as any evidence of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).
For those of you that have been in the field with me, click here for my “fossils by dig site” page.
Click here to see my “How fossils form” page, with examples from the specimen below.
Click the images below to access each fossil specimen page:
STROMATOLITES
Bacteria are microscopic organisms which are prokaryotes.
PROTIST
Protist are microscopic organisms which are eukaryotes.
PLANTS
Plants are multicellular organisms, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae
SPONGES
Simplest Animals
CORAL
Solitary and Colonial Cnidarians
BRYOZOA
“Tiny Animals”
BRACHIOPODA
Bivalved relatives of Bryozoans
ANNELIDS
Worm Imprints and Tubes
BIVALVIA
Clams, Pectin and Oysters
GASTROPODA
Snails, Slugs, Abalones and Limpets
CEPHALOPODA
Squid, Octopus, Nautiloids, Belemnites and Ammonites
SCAPHOPODA
Tusk Shell Mollusk
TRILOBITES
Early Marine Arthropods
EURYPTERIDS
Commonly called “Sea Scorpions”
CRUSTACEANS
Crabs, Shrimp, and Barnacles
INSECTS
Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Butterflies
ECHINOZOA
Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, and Sea Cucumber
CRINOZOA and BLASTOZOA
Crinoids, Blastoids, and Cystoids
ASTEROZOA
Brittle Stars and Sea Stars formerly “Starfish”
HEMICHORDATA
Graptolites and Acorn Worms
CONODONTS
Early Chordates
PLACODERMI
Armoured Fish
Chondrichthyes
Sharks, Skates, Rays, and Ratfish
ACTINOPTERYGII
Bony Ray-Finned Fish
AMPHIBIANS
Frogs and Salamanders
Turtles
Turtles, Tortoise and Terrapins
Mosasaurs
Marine Reptiles Mosasaurs
Snakes
Limbless Reptiles Snakes
Nothosaurs
Early Marine Reptiles
Plesiosaurs
Marine Reptiles Plesiosaurs
Phytosaurs
Triassic Predators Phytosaurs
Crocodiles
Alligators and Crocodiles
Pterosaurs
Flying Reptiles
Theropod Dinosaurs
Mostly Predatory Dinosaurs
Sauropod Dinosaurs
Long Necked Dinosaurs
Ornithopod Dinosaurs
Iguanodonts and Hadrosaurs
Marginocephalian Dinosaurs
Horned dinosaurs
Thyreophoran Dinosaurs
Armoured Dinosaurs
EARLY SYNAPSIDS
Mammal relatives from the Permian
Xenarthra
Sloths, Armadillos, Anteaters
Carnivorans
Dogs, Cats, Bears
Cetaceans
Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises
Primates
Lemurs, Monkeys, Apes
Artiodactyla
Bison, Camels, Deer
Perissodactyla
Horses, Rhinos, Tapirs
Proboscids
Mastodon, Mammoths, Elephants
