Silicified fossil-bearing chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony replacing carbonate shell material
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Silicified fossil-bearing chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony replacing carbonate shell material
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly coral or shell-bearing
Rugose Coral Fossil
Order Rugosa
Fossil Belemnite Guard
Belemnitella spp. (rostrum)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Rhynchonellida or Spiriferida)
Fossilized bivalve shell
Bivalvia indeterminate; likely a fossil clam or cockle
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea
Petrified wood (possible)
Silicified wood; commonly quartz or chalcedony replacing wood
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Class Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus (fossilized)
Fossilized Shark Tooth or Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil (likely Carcharodon or similar genus)
Fossilized Rugose Coral in Limestone
Order Rugosa in Sedimentary Matrix (CaCO3)
Fossilized Favosites Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus Table Coral)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Odontaspididae (Sand Tiger Shark family)
Petrified Wood
Agatized or Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Teeth (likely Sand Tiger Shark)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized dentition)
Rugose Coral Fossil (Horn Coral)
Order Rugosa
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Fossilized Blastoid (Sea Bud)
Pentremites sp. (Echinodermata, Blastoidea)
Fossilized Brachiopod
Brachiopoda (e.g., Atrypa or Rhynchonellida)
Fossilized Trilobite or Mollusk Fragment
Phylum Arthropoda / Mollusca fossil in sedimentary matrix
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth (Chondrichthyes)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoida (columnal ossicles)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam Shell)
Class Bivalvia
Bivalve Fossil (Mussel or Clam Shell)
Bivalvia
Spinosaurus fossil (permineralized bone)
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Calcium phosphate mineralized with silica/sediment)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossil Chondrichthyes (various genera such as Carcharias or Odontaspis)
Fossil Plant Impression (Calamites)
Calamites sp. (Tracheophyta: Equisetopsida)
Gastropod Internal Mold (Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda fossil mold (Phylum Mollusca)
Polished fossiliferous limestone, possibly ammonite-bearing
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), with visible fossil or shell fragments
Silicified Gastropod Fossil (Agatized Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class) preserved in Chalcedony/Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone (likely ammonite/gastropod-bearing)
Bioclastic limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock (possible bone or shell fossil)
Unidentified fossiliferous sedimentary matrix; exact fossil and host rock cannot be determined from the image
Crinoid Fossil Fragment
Crinoidea (echinoderm fossil embedded in limestone/matrix)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras sp. in Bituminous / Organic Limestone (primarily Calcite, CaCO3)
Fossilized Shell
Invertebrate fossil (Bivalvia or Brachiopoda)
Mosasaur Tooth Fossil
Mosasaurid vertebrate fossil (Hydroxyapatite)
Fossil shell
Likely a fossilized marine bivalve shell; exact taxon is indeterminate from the image.
Iron-rich rock or Concretion
Ironstone or Limonite concretion
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble (possible shell fossil)
Calcite-rich limestone, chiefly CaCO₃; fossil identity is unclear from the image