fossil
preserved remains or traces of organisms from a past geological age
archaic humans
extinct relative of modern humans (Homo) from the past half million years (such as Neanderthals)
odontolite
fossil bone or ivory that has been traditionally thought to have been altered by turquoise or similar phosphate minerals such as vivianite
Homo sapiens skull fragment
Mesolithic human fossil
Archbishop (dinosaur)
dinosaur specimen at the Natural History Museum in London
microfossil
fossils that require the aid of microscopy to study, generally between 0.001 and 1 mm in size
Titus
dinosaur specimen
trace fossil
geological records of biological activity
Petoskey stone
type of fossil
Spy I and II
neanderthaler fossils
La Brea Woman
hominin fossil
The Female Shaman
skeleton of a woman from the Natufian culture found in Hilazon Tachtit cave in the Lower Galilee
index fossil
fossils used to define and identify geologic periods
coprolite
fossilized feces
chimera
paleontological term for a fossil reconstructed from elements of more than one species
Sue
80% complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil
Archbishop (dinosaur)
giant brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur
Adams mammoth
wooly mammoth mummy
Indian bead
fossilized stem segment of a crinoid
fossil wood
wood that is preserved in the fossil record
Lane
Triceratops fossil
toadstone
mythical gemstone, actually a fossilized fish tooth
fossil embryo
fossil of unhatched or unborn organisms
Open Air Museum of Black Oak
Fossil park museum, Krzyżanowice in Poland
transitional fossil
fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group
petrified wood
fossilized remains of plants
egg fossil
fossilized remains of eggs laid by ancient animals
Tristan Otto
Tyrannosaurus rex fossil
Lier mammoth
skeleton of a mammoth
cephalopod egg fossil
fossilized remains of cephalopod eggs