Crinozoan fossil (Crinoid stem fragment)
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea)
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Crinozoan fossil (Crinoid stem fragment)
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea)
Sandstone (with biological crust)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Possible fossil tooth or bone fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate material; species cannot be identified reliably from this image
Fossil tooth, likely mosasaur or large marine reptile tooth
Fossilized reptilian tooth; exact taxon requires diagnostic views and locality
Fossiliferous Concretion
Septarian Concretion containing Brachiopods/Crinoids
Amber (Rough)
Succinite (Resinite)
Dendritic Agate or Manganese Nodule in Chert/Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese Oxide (MnO2) inclusions
Ironstone Nodules (Iron Concretion)
Siderite or Hematite Concretion
Possible fossilized shell or fossil fragment
Indeterminate; possibly a small brachiopod or gastropod fossil in mineralized matrix
Chalcedony (Agate/Seashell replacement)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Amber
Succinite
Fossil Shark Tooth
Squalicorax (likely Squalicorax pristodontus or Squalicorax falcatus)
Fossilized shell or bone fragment
Likely bioclast composed mainly of calcium carbonate (calcite/aragonite); exact organism is indeterminate from the image
Fossil coral fragment
Likely calcitic colonial coral, possibly fossilized scleractinian coral
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Fossilized mammoth molar fragment
Proboscidean molar enamel and dentine, commonly Mammuthus spp.
Limestone (Flagstone)
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Desert rose
Gypsum rosette (CaSO₄·2H₂O), sometimes barite (BaSO₄)
Bay Scallop Shell
Argopecten irradians (Biogenic Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Chert / River Cobble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Fossilized tooth or tooth fragment
Indeterminate vertebrate tooth; likely mammalian, mineralized hydroxyapatite
Fossilized tooth, likely mammalian molar
Silicified or mineral-replaced mammalian tooth; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Polished fossil shell or bone fragment (tentative)
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate or fossilized bone; possibly a small gastropod/bivalve fragment
Fossil ammonite
Ammonoidea (likely a ribbed, involute ammonite; exact genus requires locality and preservation details)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin) - C10H16O
Likely fossiliferous limestone fragment
Calcareous fossil assemblage, chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly crinoid, bivalve, or bryozoan material in limestone
Fossilized cylindrical shell or bone fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate or phosphatic fossil; possible fragment of a tubular shell (e.g., scaphopod) or hollow bone
Limestone with Fossil Inclusion
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Bioclastic Limestone
Fossilized shell or small fossil fragment
Indeterminate fossil; possibly a partial gastropod or bivalve, mineralized with calcite
Conglomerate with Fossilized Shark Teeth
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate) containing Elasmobranchii remains
Coral Rock (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with fossil shell fragments
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Pearl necklace
Pearl (biogenic calcium carbonate, chiefly aragonite; CaCO₃)
Amber / Copal
Fossilized Tree Resin (Succinate)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Silicified Snail Fossil
Gastropod (likely replaced by Chalcedony/Quartz - SiO2)
Tumbled tan stone, likely calcite or limestone
Calcite (CaCO₃), possibly microcrystalline limestone