Cretaceous Fossils

Fossils of the
Cretaceous Period

(146 to 65 million years ago)

A tour of life over geologic time and evolution as evidenced by the fossil record:
Precambrian Fossils I Cambrian Fossils I Ordovician Fossils I Silurian Fossils I Devonian Fossils
Carboniferous Fossils I Permian Fossils I Triassic Fossils I Jurassic Fossils I Cretaceous Fossils I Tertiary Fossils

Fossils of Cretaceous Time
Tyrannosaurus rex Theropod Dinosaur Hell Creek, Montana	Triceratops horridus Sauropsid Dinosaur Late Cretaceous	Dragonfly Fossil Crato / Santana Formation, Brazil	Audoliceras Heteromorph Ammonite Volga River, Russia
Paleoctopus newboldi Octopus Fossil Lebanese Lagerstatt	Pinacosaurus grangeri Ankylosaur Dinosaur Skull Gobi Desert of Mongolia	Lepidopteran (Moth) Liaoning Province of China	Cathayornis yandica Primitive Bird Liaoning Province of China
Male Spider Liaoning Province, China	Huge Orthopteran Insect Liaoning Province, China	Uintacrinus socialis Crinoids Niobrara Formation, Kansas	Protopteryx fengningensis Bird with Feathers Yixian Formation, China
Cockroach Insect Liaoning Province, China	Antedon pinnulata Free-Swimming Crinoids Lebanese Lagerstatt	Geocoma libanotica Brittle Star Fossil Lebanese Lagerstatt	Paratriakis curtirostris Fossil Shark Lebanese Lagerstatt
Annelida; incertae sedis Class Polychaeta (?) Lebanese Lagerstatt	Fish, Shrimp, and Starfish Mortality Lebanese Lagerstatt	Neuroptera (Lacewing) Insect Liaoning Province of China	Eoentantiornis buhleri Fossil Bird with Feathures Cretaceous Liaoning Province of China
Rhinobatos Guitar Fish Lebanese Lagerstatt	Hemiptera Insect Fossil Crato / Santana Formation, Brazil		Procheloniceras Lower Cretaceous Sahara Desert, Morocco
Also see: Cretaceous Insects of Liaoning China