List of fossils

List of fossils

This is a list of notable fossils.

"Note: this does not attempt to be an exhausive list of fossils, of which there are millions, but those that are of enough significance to merit a wikipedia article. The list will be arranged by geologic timeframe."

Precambrian

*Nama Group (Namacalathus, "Cloudina")
*Gunflint Chert (stromatolites)
*Worldwide Ediacaran Biota ("Charnia", "Dickinsonia")

Cambrian

*Burgess Shale ("Marella splendens")
*Chengjiang Maotianshan shales ("Banffia confusa", "Haikouella lanceolata", "Yannanozoon lividum")
*Anomalocarid

Ordovician

Caithness, Scotland (Palaeospondylus)

Silurian

Devonian

Carboniferous

Permian

Triassic

Jurassic

*Archaeopteryx
*Megalosaurus

Cretaceous

*Jane
*Sue

Paleogene

Neogene

*Laetoli footprints
*Lucy
*Taung Child
*Mrs. Ples
*The Old Man
*Hofmeyr Skull

ee also

*Fossils
* List of fossil sites "(with link directory)"
*List of human evolution fossils
*List of transitional fossils


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