Fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate; likely calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃)
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Fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate; likely calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃)
Fossil-bearing concretion, possibly containing a fossil shell or other organic inclusion
Calcareous concretion; exact fossil and host-rock composition are not identifiable from the image
Bivalve Fossil (Fossilized Shell)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized in Calcium Carbonate/Aragonite)
Sandstone (likely Arkose or Quartz Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Limestone with Stylolites
Calcareous sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (typically SiO2 + others)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (Siliciclastic sedimentary rock)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid ossicle / stalk segment (Phylum Echinodermata)
Fossil tooth, possibly shark tooth
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate tooth; likely a shark tooth (possibly *Carcharhinus* or related genus)
Crinoid Fossil in Chert
Siliceous limestone with Crinoidea fossil (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock or fossil fragment
Indeterminate; likely quartz-bearing sandstone or siliceous fossil material
Fossiliferous Limestone with Quartz Veining
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate with Fossils)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Crinoidal Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone containing possible brachiopod or coral fossil impressions
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Calcite-rich Fossiliferous Marine Limestone
Limestone with Gastropod Fossil
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Gastropoda inclusion
Likely limestone or calcareous fossil fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; possibly bioclastic limestone (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate / Apatite fossil)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony - SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Lithostrotionella (Limestone Matrix - CaCO3)
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely crinoidal or shell-rich limestone (calcite, CaCO₃)
Limestone with Fossil Inclusion
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossil coral or stromatoporoid fragment
Likely fossilized colonial coral; exact taxon indeterminate from image
Fossiliferous Limestone / Coral Fossil
Fossiliferous Limestone with Anthozoa (Coral) fossil
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Bone
Silicified / Mineralized Fossil (Silica SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with marine fossils
Fossiliferous Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Echinoid Fossil
Likely polished/tumbled fossil shell or concretion
Indeterminate; possibly a fossil bivalve or gastropod in mineralized matrix
Coral Skeleton (Scleractinia)
Aragonite (CaCO3) biomineralisation within Anthozoa
Fossil-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with embedded bivalve or brachiopod fossils
Sandstone concretion
Arenite sedimentary rock (concretion/nodule)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Likely fossiliferous limestone or dolostone
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly dolomitized; apparent fossil or stylolitic markings
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Fossilized shell
Indeterminate bivalve shell; likely calcitic or aragonitic shell material (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with fossil shell fragments
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Fossiliferous shale or slate with plant impressions
Carbonaceous mudstone/shale; possible fossil plant material (often fern-like impressions)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (fossilized matrix/root section)
Polished fossiliferous limestone, possibly ammonite-bearing
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), with fossil shell material