Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Category
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Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Augite Shell / Turret Snail Fossil (or Recent Seashell)
Gastropoda (Class) / Turritellidae (Family)
Bivalve Fossil (Fossilized Shell)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized in Calcium Carbonate/Aragonite)
Asphalt (Bituminous Slate/Sandstone)
Asphaltum / Bituminous Rock
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (amorphous organic polymer)
Likely tumbled amber or orange chalcedony
Uncertain from image; possibly amber (fossilized resin, chiefly C10H16O) or carnelian (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Amber
Succinite
Fossilized Oyster Shell (Limestone/Coquina)
Crassostrea (Fossilized Bivalve), Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Polished fossilized wood
Silicified wood (petrified wood), commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing wood
Botiroidal Chalcedony or Silicified Fossil Coral
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Scleractinia (if fossilized)
Amber with Organic Inclusions
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Dendritic Agate (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese or Iron oxide inclusions
Fossiliferous Chert (with Brachiopod or Mollusk fragments)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) inclusions
Fossil bone fragment
Fossilized vertebrate bone, likely mammalian; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment) in Matrix
Elasmobranchii (subclass)
Fossilized Turritella Gastropod (Internal Mold)
Turritella (Fossil Gastropod Crust)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly coral or shell-bearing bioclastic limestone
Trilobite Pygidium (Tail Segment)
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely order Phacopida)
Ammonite Fossil (Small Pyritized or Calcitized Internal Mold)
Ammonoidea
Goniatite Fossil
Goniatitida (Order), fossilized in limestone/calcite (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral
Fossilized Scleractinia or Tabulata (various genera/species)
Stromatolite (Jasper-replaced)
Fossilized Stromatolite (Cyanobacteria / Cryptozon / Silica SiO2)
Amber cabochon pendant
Amber (fossilized tree resin; chiefly polymerized terpenoids)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid columnal (Echinodermata)
Fossilized Brachiopod/Bivalve in Limestone
Brachiopoda or Bivalvia fossil in Calcite/Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossilized Echinoid Fragment (Calycinal/Boss Fossil)
Echinodermata fossil fragment
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria / Rugose coral (Fossilized calcium carbonate)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (Class Rhynchonellata)
Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone type)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Order: Rugosa)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Fossil Coral (Petoskey-style Rugose Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Order: Rugosa)
Fossilized bivalve shell
Recrystallized calcium-carbonate shell, commonly fossil oyster or clam (Bivalvia)
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossil oyster shell
Oyster (family Ostreidae); shell composed chiefly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa (Rugose Coral)
Fossilized Coral (Rugose or Tabulate) or Stromatolite
Phylum Cnidaria / Stromatolithus
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial) or Coprolite
Elasmobranchii (fossil) or Coprolite (trace fossil)
Fossilized oyster or other bivalve shell
Calcitic bioclast, commonly Ostrea spp. or Exogyra spp.
Fossilized Ripple Marks or Stromatolite
Sedimentary ripple mark imprint / Biosedimentary structure
Petrified Wood with Lichen
Silicified Wood (SiO2) colonized by crustose lichens