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Welcome to The Fossil Forum Collections Reference Museum! This section is intended to be a database for our members to archive and document distinctive fossil specimens in their collections. It will help our community turn their personal collections into a useful database for fossil identification. A virtual museum, of sorts. In addition, the CRM will also serve to educate those new to paleontology about the importance of proper research and documentation. If you want assistance making an entry, please contact one of our CRM Curators.
The amateur community has always played a vital role in the science of paleontology. That impact cannot be overstated. As an example, our members have donated countless significant fossils for academic study. Some of these fossils were determined to be undescribed, new species; others added new knowledge of unknown morphology or distribution. Odds are, many of us have very important specimens within our collections, and we may not realize it. So, if you have good, focused images of specimens that exhibit defining characteristics, we hope you add to this archive and contribute to our mutual understanding of the past.
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Image Taxonomy Stratigraphy Time Scale Location Statistics 
Sawfly
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Xyelidae Newman, 1834
Genus: Platyxyela
Species: Platyxyela tenuis
Jiulongshan Formation
Daohugou Bed
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Callovian to Oxfordian
Daohugou (Village)
Ningcheng (County)
Inner Mongolia (Province)
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ar2697
Pycnodont
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Pycnodontiformes Berg, 1937 sensu Nursall, 2010
Family: Pycnodontidae Agassiz, 1833
Genus: Paranursallia
Species: Paranursallia gutturosa
"Continental intercalaire" Group
Akrabou Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Cenomanian / Turonian
Gara es Sbâa
Tafraoute
Tiznit Province
Morocco
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch702
Frog
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Indet.
Genus: Indet.
Species: Indet.
Hell Creek Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Maastrichtian
Garfield County
Montana
United States
Catalog #: C(HC)A1
Cyclobatis oligodactylus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Cyclobatidae
Genus: Cyclobatis
Species: Cyclobatis oligodactylus EGERTON, 1844
Sannine Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Cenomanian
Byblos
Haquil
Lebanon
Catalog #: TFFLB07
Placites sp.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Gymnitidae
Genus: Placites
Species: Placites sp.
Hallstätter Kalk Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Norian Lac-Alaun
Feuerkogel Mountain
Salzkammergut
Austria
Catalog #: TFF8649
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Indet.
Genus: Indet.
Species: Indet.
Chandler Bridge Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
Summerville
South Carolina
United States
Catalog #: TFFFL06
Longfin Mako
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Genus: Isurus
Species: Isurus retroflexus
Goose Creek Limestone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
Berkeley County
South Carolina
United States
Catalog #: TFFFL05
Demosponge
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera Grant 1836
Class: Demospongea Sollas, 1883
Order: Verongiida
Family: Vauxiidae Walcott 1920
Genus: indet.
Species: indet.
Wulongqing Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Cambrian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Age 2, "Stage 4"
Luquan Yi
Kunming administrative region
Yunnan Province
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Po2754
branching bryozoan
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cystoporata
Family: Hexagonellidae
Genus: Prismopora
Species: Prismopora triangulata
Deese Group
Deese Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Desmoinesian
private property
Carter County
Oklahoma
United States
Catalog #: HICOK 03
Froghopper
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Hemiptera Linnaeus 1758
Family: Sinoalidae Wang and Szwedo 2012
Genus: Parasinoala
Species: Parasinoala magnus
Jiulongshan Formation
Daohugou Bed
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Callovian to Oxfordian
Daohugou (Village)
Ningcheng (County)
Inner Mongolia (Province)
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ar2794
