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Welcome to The Fossil Forum Collections! 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 
Sea Snake Vert.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Palaeopheidae
Genus: Pterosphenus
Species: Pterosphenus sp.
Castle Hayne Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Private Marl Pit
Jones County
North Carolina
United States
Duckbill
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ornithischia
Family: Hadrosauridae
Genus: Edmontosaurus
Species: Edmontosaurus annectens
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)EA1
Sixgill Cowshark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Hexanchidae
Genus: Hexanchus
Species: Hexanchus agassizi
Castle Hayne Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Private Marl Pit
Jones County
North Carolina
United States
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Acanthodii Owen 1846
Order: Acanthodida Berg 1940
Family: Acanthodidae Huxley 1861
Genus: Acanthodes
Species: Acanthodes "beecheri"
Kewanee Group
Carbondale Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Moscovian
Pit 11
Mazon Creek
Illinois
United States
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch602
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lepidodendrales
Family: Lepidodendraceae
Genus: Lepidodendron
Species: Lepidodendron obovatum
Ostrava Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
Epoch: Early
International Age: Upper Serpukhovian to Moscovian
Rydułtowy
Wodzisław Śląski
śląskie
Poland
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Pfl2912
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Leptolepiformes
Family: Leptolepidae
Genus: Cavenderichthys
Species: Cavenderichthys talbragarensis
Purlawaugh Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Talbragar Fish Beds
New South Wales
Australia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Gonorynchidae
Genus: Notogoneus
Species: Notogoneus parvus
Booval Group
Redbank Plains Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Queensland
Australia
Cockroach
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Blattida Latreille 1810
Family: Fuziidae Vršanský, Liang & Ren 2009
Genus: Parvifuzia
Species: Parvifuzia marsa
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-Ar2795
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Ascalaboidiformes Arratia 2019
Family: Ascalaboidae Arratia 2016
Genus: Ebertichthys
Species: Ebertichthys ettlingensis
Weissjura Group
Painten Formation
Hybonoticeras beckeri Zone
Lithacoceras ulmense Subzone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Kimmeridgian (late)
Breitenhill (Öchsleberg)
District of Eichstätt
Bavaria
Germany
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch1653
Parasitic wasp
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Ephialtitidae Handlirsch, 1906
Genus: Stephanogaster
Species: Stephanogaster sp.
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-Ar2899
