Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
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Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (likely Sand Tiger Shark)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized hydroxyapatite/calcium phosphate)
Fossil shell
Likely a fossilized marine bivalve shell; exact taxon is indeterminate from the image.
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Gastropod in Limestone
Gastropoda (Class) in Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossil Assortment and Geological Specimens
Various (including Ammonoidea)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Sandstone with Fossil Leaf Impression
Sedimentary rock (Sandstone/Siltstone matrix) with Carbonaceous film fossil
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Fossil)
Weathered fossil shell fragment
Likely a bivalve or gastropod shell, composed mainly of biogenic calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Bone Chunk
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (indeterminant)
Sea Urchin Fossil
Echinoidea (test/fossil)
Fossil plant impression slab
Fossilized plant compression/impression; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Polished fossil-bearing limestone
Fossiliferous micritic limestone, likely containing gastropod or ammonoid fragments
Polished fossiliferous limestone, likely crinoidal or coral limestone
Calcite (CaCO₃), fossiliferous carbonate rock
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid Stem
Sedimentary Rock with Echinodermata fossil fragment
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Weathered limestone or calcitic fossil/reef fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Sandstone and Conglomerate pebbles
Sedimentary clastic rock
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) featuring Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colony corals)
Fossil Sponge / Horn Coral / Crinoid Stem
Phylum Porifera or Cnidaria fossilized in calcium carbonate / silica
Bivalve Fossil (Clam Shell)
Class Bivalvia
Fossilized Gastropod Internal Mold
Steinkern (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Fossilized Bivalve in Limestone
Class Bivalvia within Sedimentary Matrix (likely CaCO3)
Crinoid Stalk in Limestone
Crinoid fossil in Biomicrite (Limestone)
Fossiliferous Sandstone
Sedimentary rock containing invertebrate fossils
Fossil fish slab
Fossilized fish remains, likely a laminated shale-hosted vertebrate fossil; exact taxon is indeterminate from the image
Bivalve Fossil (Clam Fossil)
Class Bivalvia (likely Gryphaea or similar Order)
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda embedded in sedimentary rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate matrix with macrofossils (CaCO3)
Fossilized Gastropod / Coral
Phylum Mollusca / Cnidaria (Silicified or Calcified)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes fossil
Fossilized Shell Impression / Siltstone Fossil
Bivalvia / Brachiopoda mold in Siltstone
Mosasaur Tooth Fossil
Mosasauridae (likely Prognathodon or Plioplatecarpus)
Fossil Crab
Decapoda (likely Avitelmessus or Raninidae family)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Fossilized bivalve or brachiopod fragment
Indeterminate fossil shell, likely calcitic or aragonitic carbonate
Chert or flint with chalcedony/quartz veins
Microcrystalline silica: primarily quartz (SiO₂), including chalcedony; possible fossiliferous limestone or silicified material
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Fossil Bone Fragment
Petrified bone (permineralized hydroxyapatite)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), with visible shell or coral fossils
Brachiopod Fossil
Rhynchonellida (Order)