Making Fossils
| Acquisition # | Common Name | Species Name | Image | Period |
Location |
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157 |
Horn Corals - replaced with red agate | Lophophyllum sp. |
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Devonian | Utah |
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368 |
Redwood Tree Leaf - carbon film impression | Sequoia sp. |
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unknown | |
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1279 |
Mammal Bone | Unidentified |
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Paleogene (Oligocene) | South Dakota |
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624 |
Gastropod (snail) - internal sandstone mold |
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Neogene (Pleistocene) | Sonora, Mexico | |
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1305 & 1306 |
Brachiopod - pyrite replacement (left: acid etched; right: natural) | Paraspirifer bqwenockeri |
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Devonian | Silica Shale, Lucas County, Ohio |
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257 & 258 |
Fern Leaf - positive and negative impressions | Alethopteris seili |
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Pennsylvanian | Mazon Creek, Illinois |
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580 |
Beetle (predacious water beetle) - preserved in asphalt | Cybister explanatus |
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Neogene (Pleistocene) | Kern County, California |
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427 |
Trace Fossil - Bird Tracks |
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Paleogene (Eocene) | Green River Formation | |
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456 |
Redwood Leaf - impressions in limonite | Dendraster venturensis |
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Neogene (Pliocene) | |
|
F-01 |
Whale bone- cross section showing bone cells, some filled with mud |
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F-02 |
Redwood - wood fragment |
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F-03 |
Tree branch - showing external shape |
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F-04 |
Boring Clam Burrows | Pholads sp. |
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F-05 |
Amber with insect parts |
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F-06 |
Scallop assemblage - external impressions in mudstone |
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F-07 |
Turret shell - internal sandstone mold |
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F-08 |
Olive shell - internal sandstone mold |
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F-09 |
Clam (Eel river) - showing traces of original shell |
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F-10 |
Clam assemblage (Eel river) - showing traces of original shell | ||||
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HSU-41 |
Coprolite - fossil cast of excrement |
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