Fossil Photos

Bentonite Hills with spectacular layering of fossil sediment layers, Utah.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38213  

Scientific notations on a fossil, depicting different anatomical features. Seen at the American Museum of Natural History.
Location: American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Image ID: 11257  

Fossil fish of the Eocene era, found in Fossil Lake, Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming. From a private collection. Order: Ellimmichyiformes: Family; Ellimmichthyidae; Diplomystus.
Species: Dipolomystus
Location: Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Image ID: 21487  

Fossil fish of the Eocene era, found in Fossil Lake, Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming. From a private collection. Order: Ellimmichyiformes: Family; Ellimmichthyidae; Diplomystus.
Species: Dipolomystus
Location: Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Image ID: 21488  

Fossil fish of the Eocene era, found in Fossil Lake, Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming. From a private collection. Order: Ellimmichyiformes: Family; Ellimmichthyidae; Diplomystus.
Species: Dipolomystus
Location: Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Image ID: 21489  

Fossil sea scorpion, a eurypterid marine predator of the late Paleozoic (Ordovician to Permian). From the Fiddler's Green geologic formation, Silurian age (c. 410 mya).
Species: Sea scorpion, Eurypterus remipes
Image ID: 23093  

Fossil fish, Prinolepis cataphractus, from the early Cretaceous, collected in Hajula, Lebanon.
Species: Prinolepis cataphractus
Image ID: 23094  

Fossil stingray, Cyclobatis sp., from the early Cretaceous, collected in Hakel, Lebanon.
Species: Cyclobatis
Image ID: 23095  

Freshwater lizard fossil, collected in Ceara, Brazil, dated 130 million years old.
Image ID: 20864  

Freshwater lizard fossil, collected in Ceara, Brazil, dated 130 million years old.
Image ID: 20865  

Fossil fish, collected in Green River Formation, Fossil Lake, Kemmerer, Wyoming, dated to the Eocene Era. Order: Ellimmichyiformes: Family; Ellimmichthyidae; Diplomystus dentatus.
Species: Diplomystus dentatus
Image ID: 20866  

Trilobitomorph fossil, aglaspic, collected at Weeks Formation, Millard County, Utah. Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Merostomata; Order: Aglaspida. Date to the Upper Middle Cambrian, Cenomanian Stage.
Image ID: 20867  

Fossil fish, collected at the Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, dated to the Eocene Era. Mioplosus are part of the perch family, predatory fishes.
Species: Mioplosus
Image ID: 20868  

Fossil fish, collected at the Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, dated to the Eocene Era.
Species: Phareodus
Image ID: 20869  

The chambered nautilus is a living fossil whose relatives date back 100s of millions of years. The nautilus lives at great depths (1800) within fore-reef habitats of the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is an active swimmer, propelling itself close to the sea floor by expelling water from its movable siphon.
Species: Chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius
Image ID: 07798  

The chambered nautilus is a living fossil whose relatives date back 100s of millions of years. The nautilus lives at great depths (1800) within fore-reef habitats of the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is an active swimmer, propelling itself close to the sea floor by expelling water from its movable siphon.
Species: Chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius
Image ID: 07799  

The chambered nautilus is a living fossil whose relatives date back 100s of millions of years. The nautilus lives at great depths (1800) within fore-reef habitats of the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is an active swimmer, propelling itself close to the sea floor by expelling water from its movable siphon.
Species: Chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius
Image ID: 07808