FOSSILS SPECIMEN: PROTIST
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).
Domain: Eukaryote – Kingdom: Protista
Eukaryotic Organism (with cells contining a nucleus)
Lower Proterozoic (Middle Precambrian) to Holocene
Forams
Cretaceous
Texas, United States
Forams
Cretaceous
Texas, United States
Forams
Triticites beedei
Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous)
Magdalena Limestone
El Paso County, Texas
Forams in Matrix
Cretaceous
Texas, United States
Forams in Matrix
Cretaceous
Texas, United States
Porocystis globularis
(Reproductive body of seaweed)
Lower Cretaceous
Glen Rose Fromation, Texas
Forams
Numulites
Eocene
Egypt
Forams
Numulites
Eocene
Egypt
Forams
Lithothamnion sp.
Pleistocene
Sicilian st. Mazzara Del Vallo, Sicily, Italy