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Tag: Unknown Formation

Cyanobacteria sp. (specimen 01)

Stromatolite orb (Cyanobacteria sp.)

Bacteria, Cyanobacteria, Cyanobacteria sp, Fossils, stromatolite, Terrabacteria, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location, Unknown Time Period

Polypodiidae sp. (specimens 01-02)

Fern imprints (Polypodiidae sp.) in shale from the Triassic period

Embryophyta, Eukarya, Euphyllophytina, ferns, Fossils, Mesozoic, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Plantae, plants, Polypodiidae, Polypodiidae sp, Polypodiopsida, Streptobionta, Tracheophyta, Triassic, Unknown Formation, USA

Rhynchonella sp. (specimen 02)

Brachiopod (Rhynchonella sp.) from the Devonian period

Africa, Animalia, Brachiopoda, brachiopods, Brachiozoa, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Lophophorata, Morocco, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Rhynchonella, Rhynchonella sp, Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonellida, Rhynchonellidae, Rhynchonelliformea, Shells, Unknown Formation

Paraspirifer bownockeri (specimen 01)

Brachiopod (P. bownockeri) from the middle Devonian period

Animalia, Brachiopoda, brachiopods, Brachiozoa, Delthyridina, Delthyridoidea, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Hysterolitidae, Lophophorata, North America, Ohio, P bownockeri, Palaeozoic, Paraspirifer, Phanerozoic, Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonelliformea, Shells, Spiriferida, Unknown Formation, USA

Gastrolith (specimen 02)

A gizzard stone (gastrolith) from the Mesozoic era

dinosaurs, Fossils, gizzard stone, Mesozoic, North America, North Carolina, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, trace fossils, Unknown Formation, USA

Coprolite (specimen 01)

Coprolite (likely from a giant ground sloth)

Coprolite, Fossils, ground sloth, mammals, trace fossils, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location, Unknown Time Period

Crinoidea sp. (specimen 01)

Crinoid stem segment (Crinoidea sp.) from the Carboniferous period

Animalia, Carboniferous, Crinoidea, Crinoidea sp, crinoids, Crinozoa, Echinodermata, echinoderms, Eukarya, Fossils, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

Pinopsida sp. (specimen 03)

Petrified conifer wood (Pinopsida sp.)

Acrogymnospermae, Embryophyta, Eukarya, Euphyllophytina, Fossils, Gymnosperms, Lignophyta, petrified wood, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Pinopsida sp, Plantae, plants, Spermatophyta, Streptobionta, Tracheophyta, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location, Unknown Time Period

Tracheophyta sp. (specimen 04)

Petrified wood (Tracheophyta sp.)

Embryophyta, Eukarya, Fossils, petrified wood, Plantae, plants, Streptobionta, Tracheophyta, Tracheophyta sp, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location, Unknown Time Period

Cidaroida sp. (specimen 03)

Primitive urchin spine (Cidaroida sp.) from the Eocene epoch

Animalia, Cenozoic, Cidaroida, Echinodermata, echinoderms, Echinoidea, Echinozoa, Eocene, Eukarya, Fossils, Palaeogene, Perischoechinoidea, Phanerozoic, scutes and armour, spurs and claws, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location, urchins

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