Fossilized tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossil selachian tooth; possibly Otodus/Carcharocles or related shark, identification uncertain from image
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Fossilized tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossil selachian tooth; possibly Otodus/Carcharocles or related shark, identification uncertain from image
Fossilized sea urchin
Echinoid test, likely a regular sea urchin; calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified wood (likely agatized or silicified wood)
Silicified wood; primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), often with chalcedony and iron oxides
Polished fossil ammonite slice
Ammonoidea (commonly polished juvenile ammonite or nautiloid-like cephalopod fossil)
Polished fossil tooth or jaw fragment
Indeterminate vertebrate dental/bone fossil; likely mineralized enamel and dentine
Fossil shark tooth
Likely Otodus megalodon (species identification uncertain from image)
Fossilized Ray Barb (Stinger) Fragment
Myliobatiformes indet. (Fossil stingray spine)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Fossilized bivalve in sandstone/conglomerate
Indeterminate fossil mollusk, likely Bivalvia, preserved in lithified siliciclastic sediment
Fossil bivalve shell
Likely a fossilized oyster or other marine bivalve; exact genus is indeterminate from the image
Fossil shell fragment
Indeterminate mollusk shell; likely gastropod or bivalve, composed mainly of calcium carbonate (aragonite/calcite)
Fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate fossil; possibly a gastropod/bivalve fragment or colonial coral
Likely fossilized shark tooth
Possibly *Carcharocles* or *Otodus* sp.; exact identification requires scale and detail
Fossil bivalve shell
Ribbed pectinid or related bivalve; originally calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃), likely partially mineralized
Ammonite fossil
Fossilized ammonoid cephalopod, commonly classified within Ammonoidea
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose coral fossil in limestone/silica matrix
Fossil coral fragment
Fossilized colonial coral, commonly *Hexagonaria* (often called Petoskey stone) or related scleractinian/tabulate coral
Fossilized shell fragment
Indeterminate fossil mollusk; likely a silicified or mineral-replaced bivalve/gastropod fragment
Fossilized shell fragment
Bioclastic carbonate, likely a bivalve or brachiopod shell preserved as calcite/aragonite
Fossil gastropod shell
Likely a fossil marine gastropod, possibly a turritellid or auger-like mollusk; exact species requires locality and diagnostic details
Fossilized bone
Petrified bone; commonly fossil vertebrate bone composed largely of hydroxyapatite and silica/calcite replacement minerals
Coral Skeleton / Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Aragonite, CaCO3)
Polished fossil ammonite cross-section
Ammonoidea (extinct cephalopod; commonly Jurassic/Cretaceous ammonite)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid Columnal (Phylum Echinodermata)
Fossilized coral (likely honeycomb or branching coral)
Fossil coral; probable Scleractinia or Tabulata, composition mainly microcrystalline CaCO₃
Fossil shell fragment, likely bivalve or gastropod
Fossilized calcium-carbonate shell; likely aragonite/calcite replaced by calcite
Fossil coral, likely solitary rugose coral
Rugosa (possibly colonial tabulate coral); calcite/aragonite replaced by calcite
Fossilized shell, likely brachiopod or bivalve
Indeterminate fossil shell; possible Spiriferida brachiopod or thick-shelled bivalve
Fossilized turtle shell or carapace fragment
Indeterminate Testudines; likely a fossil turtle carapace scute/bone
Fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate marine mollusk or colonial coral fossil; likely calcite/aragonite replaced by calcite (CaCO₃)
Polished fossilized wood (likely petrified wood)
Silicified wood; primarily quartz (SiO₂) replacing wood tissue
Fossilized bivalve shell or shell-rich limestone
Likely an indeterminate fossil mollusk; calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃), possibly preserved in limestone
Fossil shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth, possibly *Carcharocles* or *Otodus* species
Fossilized tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossilized selachian tooth; possibly a worn Otodus or related shark tooth
Fossil oyster shell
Exogyra sp. or a related fossil oyster; largely calcitic shell (CaCO₃)
Favosites Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites goldfussi / Order Tabulata
Beach-worn fossil bone or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic calcium-carbonate material; likely fossilized bone (hydroxyapatite) or coral (calcite/aragonite)
Likely fossil tooth or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate tooth; possibly shark or marine reptile, identification uncertain from the image
Fossil crinoid columnal in limestone
Crinoidea indet.; calcitic ossicle (CaCO₃)
Fossilized bone, likely a tooth or jaw fragment
Mineralized vertebrate bone; taxonomic identification requires clearer diagnostic anatomy
Fern fossil in shale
Plant fossil, likely a fern frond impression preserved in fine-grained shale; exact species indeterminable from the image
Fossilized bone or bone fragment
Indeterminate fossil bone; mineralized apatite (hydroxyapatite), commonly Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)