Fossils
Here are some rare fossils, some of which I couldn't find information on on the internet. Others have numerous online resources:
- Ao-Long Dinosaur Egg
- I just found out "Ao-Long" means dinosaur in Chinese. However, I also found out that this isn't an "Ao-Long" egg. It's a nodule. :(
- Archaeocyatha
- One of the first reef-building creatures, believed to be an extinct class of sponges.
- Camptostroma
- A unique early Cambrian jellyfish-like Echinoderm.
- Carpoids
- An extinct bilateral-symmetry echinoderm. Some have speculated that it is the ancestor to vertibrates and echinoderms.
- Chancelloria
- Thought until recently to be a sponge, now a separate phylum.
- Ctenocystis
- I've seen it classified as a carpoid. I've also seen it in a separate class.
- Cyclocystoid
- A rare ring-shaped echinoderm that is still not fully understood in science.
- Escumasia
- An odd Y-shaped animal from Mazon Creek.
- Etacystis
- Another interesting creature from Mazon creek with an odd "H" shape.
- Fusulinid
- An interesting spherical protist with an intricate internal skeleton.
- Helicoplacus
- A rare helical echinoderm from the early Cambrian.
- Nummulite
- An interesting coin shaped protist.
- Patagonian Dinosaur Egg
- A titanosaur egg with fossilized skin and bones inside!
- Salp
- A pelagic tunicate from the Mississippian. You don't find many like this.
- Trachyteuthis
- A squid (cuttlefish?) from the Solnhofen formation in Germany. I need more info on this one.
- Tully Monster
- An odd long invertibrate animal from Mazon Creek. The illinois state fossil.
Feel free to email me if you have or want more info on these fossils.