Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon or Carcharias fossil (Vertebrate Fossil)
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Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon or Carcharias fossil (Vertebrate Fossil)
Devil's Toenail (Fossil Oyster)
Gryphaea arcuata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal)
Calcite-bearing bioclastic packstone (CaCO3)
Orthoceratid Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of Nautiloid Cephalopod)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) featuring Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colony corals)
Turritella Agate (Elimia Agate)
Silicified Elimia tenera (formerly misidentified as Turritella)
Fossiliferous Sandstone (with Brachiopod or Bivalve mold)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Macrofossil Mold
Fossil Crab
Decapoda (likely Avitelmessus or Raninidae family)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Quartz/Chalcedony replacement)
Fossiliferous Brachiopod in Shale
Brachiopoda (Phylum) preserved in Carbonaceous Shale
Fish Fossil in Limestone
Lycoptera (likely) in Micritic Limestone
Fossilized Fish (Lepidotes)
Lepidotes sp. (Order: Lepisosteiformes)
Fossilized Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda (replaced by Calcite/CaCO3)
Fossilized Crab Carapace (Concretion)
Decapoda (fossil), typically preserved in calcite or siderite concretion
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Bivalvia (fossil specimen)
Pyritized Ammonite
Ammonitida (replaced by Iron Disulfide, FeS2)
Mosasaur Tooth Fossil
Mosasaurid vertebrate fossil (Hydroxyapatite)
Spinosaurus fossil (permineralized bone)
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Calcium phosphate mineralized with silica/sediment)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossil Chondrichthyes (various genera such as Carcharias or Odontaspis)
Gastropod Internal Mold (Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda fossil mold (Phylum Mollusca)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Rhynchonellida or Spiriferida)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or similar)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam/Mollusk)
Class: Bivalvia (Order: Veneroida), Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (Hydrox yapatite replaced by Silica or Calcite)
Sand Dollar Fossil
Echinoidea (Clypeasteroida)
Ammonite Fossil (Polished Half / Cleoniceras)
Ammonoidea (Subclass), often Cleoniceras genus; fossilized with Calcite (CaCO3) and Aragonite
Fossilized Shell in Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon sp. (likely Otodus or similar Lamniformes order)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Dermal Denticle or worn tooth fragment)
Elasmobranchii (fossil remains)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Lithostrotionella (Limestone Matrix - CaCO3)
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda fossil, composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Bivalve Fossil (Internal Mold/Steinkern)
Class Bivalvia (Fossilized Mold)
Spinosaurus Tooth
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (fossilized in Hydroxyapatite)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras regulare
Crinoid Fossil in Chert
Siliceous limestone with Crinoidea fossil (SiO2)
Dinosaur Bone (Gembone)
Agatized Dinosaur Bone (Silicified Paleo-osteoid)
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda, Class Rhynchonellata
Amber (Burmite)
Fossilized tree resin (Succinite variant)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Scapanorhynchus (Sand Tiger Shark relative)
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)