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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 
Giant Cicada
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Hemiptera Linnaeus 1758
Family: Palaeontinidae Handlirsch, 1906
Genus: Neimenggucossus
Species: Neimenggucossus normalis
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-Ar2848
Sawfly
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Prolyda
Species: Prolyda elegantula
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-Ar2847
Silky Lacewing
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Neuroptera Linnaeus 1758
Family: Osmylopsychopidae Martynova, 1949
Genus: indet.
Species: indet.
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-Ar2805
Liopleurodon ferox
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Pliosauridae
Genus: Liopleurodon
Species: Liopleurodon ferox
Oxford Clay Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Orton Brick Pit
Oxford Clay, Peterborough
United Kingdom
Ichthyosaur
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Haeckel, 1874
Class: Reptilia LAURENTI, 1768
Order: Ichthyosauria DE BLAINVILLE, 1835
Family: Mixosauridae BAUR, 1887
Genus: Barracudasauroides
Species: Barracudasauroides panxianensis
Guanling Formation
Nicoraella kockeli Zone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Anisian (Pelsonian)
Luoping County
Yunnan Province
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2885
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope, 1871
Order: Peltopleuriformes Lehmann, 1966
Family: Platysiagidae Brough, 1939
Genus: Platysiagum
Species: Platysiagum sinensis
Guanling Formation
Nicoraella kockeli Zone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Anisian (Pelsonian)
Dawazi Village
Luoping County
Yunnan Province
China
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2887
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Pycnodontiformes Berg, 1937 sensu Nursall, 2010
Family: Mesturidae Nursall 1996
Genus: Mesturus
Species: Mesturus verrucosus
Weissjura Group
Painten Formation
Hybonoticeras beckeri Zone
Lithacoceras ulmense Subzone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian
Rygol Quarry
Painten
Bavaria (state)
Germany
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2220
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Turseoidae Bock 1959
Genus: Pteronisculus
Species: Pteronisculus macropterus
Beaufort Group
Sakamena Formation
Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus Zone
Fish and Ammonite Horizon
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Dienerian
Ambodipo
Antsiranana Province
Diana Region
Madagascar
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch1917
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Otodontidae
Genus: Otodus
Species: Otodus angustidens
Ashley Formation
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
Dorchester County
South Carolina
United States
Catalog #: TFFFL08
Angelshark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Chondrichthyes Huxley 1880
Order: Squatiniformes Buen 1926
Family: Pseudorhinidae Klug and Kriwet 2012
Genus: Pseudorhina
Species: Pseudorhina alifera
Weissjura Group
Altmühltal Formation
Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
Subplanites ruepellianus Zone
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian
Sappenfeld
Eichstätt (District)
Bavaria (Province)
Germany
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch2750
