Museum and Rare Fossils

 

Rare and/or particularly well  preserved fossils that we designate as Museum Fossils

These are some of our favorite fossils, based on some combination of scientific interest, rarity, photography, or simply their beauty. We try to select one each month to post on the home page, as well as acknowledge those who took the time to share them with science.

Mayomyzon pieckoensis Lamprey Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek, Illinois	Protecticus ambulans Protorthopteran Insect Fossil Mazon Creek, Francis Creek Shale, Illinois	Triacrinus sp. Crinoid Death Assemblage Lower Devonian Bundenbach, Germany	Paleoctopus newboldi Octopus Fossil Middle Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatte
Urasterella verruculosa Brittlestar Lower Devonian Bundenbach, Germany	Crustacean: Isopoda in Fossil Amber Pliocene to Pleistocene Colombia, South America	Male Echinochimaera Paleozoic Fish Fossil Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone John Adamek at Fossil Mall	Female Echinochimaera Paleozoic Fish Fossil Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone John Adamek at Fossil Mall
Rhinobatos hakelensis Guitarfish Fossil Middle Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatte	Lepidasterella montanensis Starfish Fossil Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone John Adamek at Fossil Mall	Cordulagomphus tuberculatus Dragonfly Fossil Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil John Adamek at Fossil Mall	Chuandianella ovata Early Cambrian Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales Dr Garofollo
Mesolimulus walchi Horseshoe Crab Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone, Germany