FOSSILS SPECIMEN: PROTIST
Fossils are defined as any evidenceĀ 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 in Matrix
Cretaceous

Forams
Cretaceous

Forams
Cretaceous

Forams
Triticites beedei
Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous)
Magdalena Limestone
El Paso County, Texas

Porocystis globularis
(Reproductive body of seaweed)
Lower Cretaceous
Glen Rose Fromation, Texas

Forams
Lithothamnion sp.
Pleistocene
Sicilian st. Mazzara Del Vallo, Sicily, Italy

Forams Numulites
Eocene
Egypt

Forams Numulites
Eocene
Egypt