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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 
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Perciformes Bleeker 1873
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Bradyurus
Species: Bradyurus szajnochae
Monte Bolca Formation
Alveolina dainelli Zone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Lutetian
Pesciara ("The Fishbowl") (part of Monte Bolca)
Bolca Village
Veneto Province
Italy
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2953
Megalania
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Species: Varanus priscus
Main Range Volcanics
King's Creek Catchment
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Quaternary
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Pleistocene
King's Creek
Toowoomba Region
Queensland
Australia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope, 1871
Order: Amiiformes Hay, 1929
Family: Caturidae Stensiö, 1932
Genus: Amblysemius
Species: Amblysemius bellicianus
Weissjura Group
Altmühltal-Formation
Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
Lithacoceras riedense Subzone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian
Schernfeld
Eichstätt District
Bavaria
Germany
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2906
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope, 1871
Order: Clupeiformes Bleeker, 1859
Family: indet.
Genus: Beksinskiella
Species: Beksinskiella longimana
Menilite Krosno Group
Menilite Formation
NP 23 Zone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
International Age: Rupelian
Jamna Dolna
Bieszczady (County)
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Poland
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2659
Lightfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope, 1871
Order: Stomiiformes Fink and Weitzman, 1982
Family: Phosichthyidae Weitzman, 1974
Genus: Vinciguerria
Species: Vinciguerria obscura
Menilite Krosno Group
Menilite Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
International Age: Rupelian
Błażowa
Rzeszów County
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Poland
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2947
Pelagornis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Odontopterygiformes
Family: Pelagornithidae
Genus: Pelagornis
Species: Pelagornis cf. sandersi
Ashley Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
Summerville
South Carolina
United States
Catalog #: CCP-2
Kingdom: n/a
Phylum: n/a
Class: n/a
Order: n/a
Family: n/a
Genus: n/a
Species: n/a
Folkeslunda Limestone Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Ordovician
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
Djursland
Denmark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata Bateson, 1885
Class: Pterobranchia Lankester, 1877
Order: Graptoloidea Lapworth, 1875
Family: Monograptidae Lapworth, 1873
Genus: Spirograptus
Species: Spirograptus turriculatus
Zelkovice Fm.
Spirograptus turriculatus Zone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Silurian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Llandovery
Želkovice
Ústecký kraj
Czech Republic
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-He2930
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Artiopoda Hou and Bergstrom, 1997
Order: Nektaspida Raymond, 1920
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Panlongia
Species: Panlongia tetranodusa
Wulongqing Formation
Palaeolenus Zone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Cambrian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Series 2 Epoch
International Age: Stage 4
Longbaoshan
Kunming
Yunnan
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ar2932
Enantiornithes
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin & Zhang,1992
Family: Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin & Zhang,1992
Genus: Sinornis
Species: Sinornis santensis
Jehol Group
Jiufotang Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Aptian to Albian (early)
Jianchang County
Huludao Town
Liaoning Province
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2844
