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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
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Osteolepiformes
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Eusthenodon
Species: Eusthenodon bourdoni
Catskill Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Devonian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Famennian
Cogan House exit
Lycoming
Pennsylvania
United States
Catalog #: ANSP 25037
Placoderm
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Groenlandaspididae
Genus: Turrisaspis
Species: T. elektor
Catskill Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Devonian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Famennian
Red Hill
Clinton
Pennsylvania
United States
Catalog #: 0189
Froghopper
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Hemiptera Linnaeus 1758
Family: Sinoalidae Wang and Szwedo 2012
Genus: Jiania
Species: Jiania crebra
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-Ar2868
Neuroptera
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Neuroptera Linnaeus 1758
Family: Parakseneuridae Yang et al. 2012
Genus: Parakseneura
Species: Parakseneura 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-Ar2810
Turtle
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Order: Testudines Batsch 1788
Family: Sinemydidae Yeh 1963
Genus: Jeholochelys
Species: Jeholochelys lingyuanensis
Jehol Group
Jiufotang Formation
Sihedang Beds
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Aptian
Sihedang
Lingyuan County
Liaoning Province
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch1441
Troodontid
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Avetheropoda
Family: Troodontidae
Genus: Pectinodon
Species: Pectinodon bakkeri
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)PB5
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
