Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
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Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossil Imprint
Fossilized Gastropod Internal Mold
Gastropoda (Steinkern fossil)
Fossil shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth, possibly Carcharhinus or a related requiem shark
Fossiliferous limestone, likely coral or shell-rich limestone
Biogenic calcite (CaCO₃), commonly limestone containing fossil coral or mollusks
Fossilized Tooth
Vertebrate Fossilized Tooth (Mineralized Biogenic Material)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Fossils
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized shell-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely molluscan/coquina limestone (calcite, CaCO₃)
Orthoceratid Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of Nautiloid Cephalopod)
Devil's Toenail (Fossil Oyster)
Gryphaea arcuata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Sandstone Pebble (with Crinoid / Shell Impression)
Sandstone containing fossiliferous inclusions (SiO2 matrix with calcite/silica cast fossil)
Fossiliferous Limestone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossils
Fossilized Fish (Lepidotes)
Lepidotes sp. (Order: Lepisosteiformes)
Fossiliferous Rock (Invertebrate Fossil in Matrix)
Fossiliferous limestone or shaly matrix containing skeletal fossil remains
Fossiliferous limestone (reef or shell-rich limestone)
Bioclastic calcarenite/calcirudite; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Tumbled septarian nodule fragment (probable)
Septarian calcite–aragonite concretion with brown clay/mudstone matrix
Tumbled, weathered limestone or calcareous concretion
Calcite-rich limestone; predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Fossil Mollusca, likely a pectinid or related bivalve; exact identification requires the other shell half and locality
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Lepidodendron Fossil in Sandstone
Lepidodendron (Lycophytina, Lepidodendrales)
Fossilized Trilobite or Mollusk Fragment
Phylum Arthropoda / Mollusca fossil in sedimentary matrix
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal)
Calcite-bearing bioclastic packstone (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral
Tabulate Coral (potentially Favosites or Calapoecia)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely containing brachiopod or bivalve impressions
Bivalve Fossil (Internal Mold)
Bivalvia (Phalladomya or similar genus)
Polished fossil-bearing shale or mudstone
Fossiliferous carbonaceous mudstone/shale; visible fossils may be bivalves or ammonites, but species cannot be confirmed from the image
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (order potentially Spiriferida)
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Matrix
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea) in Limestone/Siltstone matrix
Bivalve Fossil (Clam)
Class Bivalvia (e.g., Exogyra or Gryphaea species)
Silicified fossil shell, likely fossil oyster or clam
Silicified bivalve fossil; shell originally aragonite/calcite, partly replaced by chalcedony (SiO₂)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil bivalve shell fragment
Likely a ribbed oyster or scallop-type bivalve; exact genus requires locality and preservation details
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin Fossil)
Echinoidea
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcarenite/bioclastic limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil Bivalve / Ostreid Shell (Hag Stone / Perforated Pebble)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Fossil Shark Tooth
Selachii (fossilized dentition)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)