Polished fossiliferous limestone (likely orbicular/fossil limestone)
Fossiliferous micritic limestone, composed primarily of calcite (CaCO₃)
Category
Browse fossil specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished fossiliferous limestone (likely orbicular/fossil limestone)
Fossiliferous micritic limestone, composed primarily of calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Pectinid or related scallop bivalve; shell originally composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, predominantly CaCO₃ (calcite), with possible shell or coral fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock / CaCO3 with fossil fragments
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. (approximate genus) / Hydroxyapatite fossil
Dinosaur Claw (Dromaeosaurid)
Dromaeosaurid ungual (potential Deinonychus or Velociraptorine)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras regulare
Fossil fish impression/cast (likely small ray-finned fish)
Unidentified Actinopterygii; possibly a fish fossil in laminated shale
Calcite rosette (possibly fossilized shell fragment)
Calcite, CaCO₃; crystal habit appears botryoidal/rosette-like
Tumbled snowflake obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass), commonly with cristobalite spherulites
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae)
Polished septarian nodule
Calcite–aragonite–barite septarian concretion, commonly in a claystone or limestone matrix
Kambaba Jasper
Rhyolite (Volcanic rock) or Stromatolite (debated)
Fossil scallop shell
Pectinid bivalve fossil; likely a scallop (family Pectinidae), exact genus/species uncertain
Stromatolite
Biogenic sedimentary rock / Stromatolite
Likely quartz-rich pebble in sandstone
Quartz clast (SiO₂) embedded in fine-grained sandstone; exact identification is uncertain from the image alone
Possible ironstone concretion or weathered mineral nodule
Iron-oxide-rich concretion, likely goethite/limonite; identification uncertain from the photo
Sandstone Pebbles
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Fossilized bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil bone; possibly mammalian or reptilian
Crinoid Fossil in Limestone
Crinoid columnal (Class Crinoidea) in biomicrite
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid ossicle (Phylum Echinodermata)
Horn Coral Fossil
Rugose coral (Order Rugosa)
Fossiliferous limestone with possible ammonite or shell impressions
Calcitic limestone, chiefly CaCO₃; fossils may include ammonoids or bivalves
Amber-colored bead earrings
Likely amber (fossilized tree resin); material cannot be confirmed from the image
Polished fossil tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossilized selachian tooth; possibly Otodus or a related lamniform shark
Fossilized Horse Tooth
Equus ferus caballus (fossilized molar/premolar)
Fossilized Crinoid Stem in Matrix
Crinoid (Class: Crinoidea)
Mosasaur Tooth
Mosasauridae (likely Prognathodon or Mosasaurus species)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Hexagonaria)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Rugosa coral
Fossilized Wood / Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Flora)
Fossilized Coral (Petrified Coral)
Lithostrotionella (example genus) / Scleractinia
Sandstone with Dendritic Inclusions
Quartzose Sandstone
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Gryphaea (Devil's Toenail)
Gryphaea arcuata (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae)
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda, Class Rhynchonellata
Amber (Burmite)
Fossilized tree resin (Succinite variant)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilised Chondrichthyes dental specimen (likely Otodus or Carcharias sp.)