Fossils/Fossil List
- Main article: Fossils
The pages listed here contain information on each taxa listed on the 2024 National Fossil List. Fossils with an asterisk (*) are only to be used for state and national tests.
Kingdom Protozoa
See Protozoa.
Phylum Foraminifera (Forams)*
- Order Fusulinida (Fusulinids)*
- Genus Triticites*
- Order Rotaliida*
- Genus Nummulites*
Kingdom Animalia (Invertebrates)
See Invertebrates.
Kingdom Animalia Sponges (Phylum Porifera)*
- Genus Astraeospongia (calcareous sponge)*
- Genus Hydnoceras (glass sponge)*
Bryozoans (Phylum Bryozoa)
(Growth forms: branching, massive, fenestrate)
- Genus Archimedes
- Genus Rhombopora
Graptolites (Phylum Hemichordata)*
- Order Dendroidea (benthic graptolites)
- Order Graptoloidea (planktic graptolites)
Corals (Phylum Cnidaria)
- Order Tabulata (tabulate corals)
- Genus Favosites
- Genus Halysites*
- Order Rugosa (rugose corals)
- Genus Heliophyllum (horn coral)
- Genus Hexagonaria
- Order Scleractinia (stony corals)
- Genus Septastrea
Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)
- Subphylum Crustacea (shrimp, lobster, crabs, barnacles, ostracods)*
- Subphylum Chelicerata
- Order Eurypterida (Eurypterids)
- Genus Eurypterus
- Order Eurypterida (Eurypterids)
- Class Insecta (Insects)
- Class Trilobita (Trilobites)
- Polymerids
- Genus Cryptolithus
- Genus Calymene
- Genus Elrathia
- Genus Isotelus*
- Genus Eldredgeops (formerly Phacops)
- Agnostids
- Genus Peronopsis
Brachiopods (Phylum Brachiopoda)
- Class Inarticulata
- Genus Lingula
- Class Articulata
- Genus Atrypa
- Genus Composita
- Genus Juresania*
- Genus Leptaena*
- Genus Mucrospirifer
- Genus Platystrophia
- Genus Rafinesquina
Mollusks (Phylum Mollusca)
- Class Bivalvia (clams, oysters, mussels)
- Genus Exogyra
- Genus Gryphaea
- Genus Pecten
- Genus Glycymeris
- Genus Astarte
- Genus Nucula
- Class Cephalopoda
- Order Goniatitida (goniatites)*
- Order Ceratitida (ceratites)*
- Order Ammonitida (ammonites)
- Genus Baculites
- Genus Dactylioceras
- Order Belemnitida (Belemnites)
- Genus Belemnitella
- Order Nautilida (Chambered Nautilus)
- Order Orthocerida ("Orthoceras")
- Class Gastropoda (Snails)
- Genus Conus
- Genus Cypraea
- Genus Platyceras
- Genus Turritella
- Genus Worthenia
Echinoderms (Phylum Echinodermata)
- Class Asteroidea (Starfish)*
- Class Blastoidea
- Genus Pentremites
- Class Crinoidea (stems, columns, calyxes)
- Class Echinoidea
- (regular or irregular echinoids including sea urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins)
- Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)*
Kingdom Animalia (Vertebrates)
See Vertebrates.
Vertebrates (Phylum Chordata)
- Superclass Agnatha (Jawless Fish) (Ostracoderms)*
- Class Placodermi (Armored Jawed Fish)
- Genus Bothriolepis
- Genus Dunkleosteus
- Class Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous fish)
- Superorder Selachimorpha (Sharks)
- Genus Otodus
- Genus Carcharocles (formerly Carcharadon)
- Species C. megalodon
- Superorder Batoidea (Rays)*
- Superorder Selachimorpha (Sharks)
- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony Fish)
- Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned)
- Genus Knightia
- Genus Xiphactinus*
- Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned)
- Genus Eusthenopteron
- Genus Latimeria (Coelacanth)
- Genus Tiktaalik
- Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned)
- Class Amphibia (Amphibians)
- Genus Acanthostega
- Genus Eryops
- Genus Diplocaulus
- Class Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Order Crocodilia (crocodiles)*
- Order Testudines (turtles)*
- Order Ichthyosauria (Ichtyosaurs)
- Order Squamata
- Family Mosasauridae (Mosasaurs)
- Order Plesiosauria (Plesiosaurs & Pliosaurs)
- Order Pterosauria (Pterosaurs)
- Clade Dinosauria
- Order Saurischia
- Suborder Theropoda
- Genus Allosaurus
- Genus Coelophysis
- Genus Dilophosaurus
- Genus Deinonychus*
- Genus Spinosaurus*
- Genus Tyrannosaurus
- Genus Velociraptor
- Suborder Sauropodomorpha
- Genus Apatosaurus*
- Genus Brachiosaurus
- Genus Diplodocus
- Genus Patagotitan*
- Genus Plateosaurus
- Suborder Theropoda
- Order Ornithischia (bird-hipped)
- Infraorder Ankylosauria
- Genus Ankylosaurus
- Infraorder Ceratopsia
- Genus Triceratops
- Genus Protoceratops*
- Infraorder Ornithopoda
- Genus Iguanadon
- Genus Parasaurolophus
- Genus Maiasaura
- Infraorder Pachycephalosauria
- Genus Pachycephalosaurus
- Infraorder Stegosauria
- Genus Stegosaurus
- Infraorder Ankylosauria
- Order Saurischia
- Class Aves (Birds)
- Genus Archaeopteryx
- Genus Titanis (Terror Bird)
- Genus Hesperornis*
- Clade Synapsida
- Stem Mammals/Proto-Mammals
- Genus Dimetrodon (pelycosaurs)
- Genus Lystrosaurus (therapsids)
- Genus Georgonops (therapsid)*
- Class Mammalia (Mammals)
- Genus Basilosaurus (prehistoric whale)
- Genus Equus (modern horse)
- Genus Mesohippus (three-toed horse)
- Genus Australopthecus (hominin)*
- Genus Homo (hominin)
- Species H. neanderthalensis
- Species H. erectus*
- Species H. sapiens
- Genus Mammut (Mastodon)
- Genus Mammuthus (Mammoth)
- Species M. primigenius (Wolly Mammoth)
- Genus Megacerops (Brontothere)
- Genus Megalonyx (Giant Ground Sloth)*
- Genus Smilodon (saber-toothed cat)
- Genus Merycoidodon (oreodont)*
Kingdom Plantae
See Plants.
Flowering Plants (Division Anthophyta)
- Genus Acer (Maple)
- Genus Populus (Aspen & Poplar)
- Genus Platanus (Sycamore)
Ginkgos (Division Ginkgophyta)
- Genus Ginkgo
Club Mosses (Division Lycophyta)
- Genus Lepidodendron (scale tree)
Conifers (Division Pinophyta)
- Genus Metasequoia
Horsetails (Division Sphenophyta)
- Genus Calamites (form leaf genus: Annularia)
Seed Ferns (Division Pteridospermatophyta)
- Genus Glossopteris
True Ferns (Division Polypodiophyta)
- Genus Psaronius (form leaf genus: Pecopteris)
Additional Earth Materials
See Earth Materials.
Trace Fossils limited to:
- Trails, Tracks, Trackways, Borings, Burrows, Tubes, Predation marks, Coprolites
Stromatolites
Amber/copal
Petrified wood
Sedimentary Rocks limited to:
- Coquina
- Chalk
- Fossil limestone
- Sandstone
- Shale
- Chert