List of notable fossils
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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.
[edit] Precambrian
- Nama Group (Namacalathus, Cloudina)
- Gunflint Chert (stromatolites)
[edit] Cambrian
- Burgess Shale (Marella splendens)
- Chengjiang Maotianshan shales (Banffia confusa, Haikouella lanceolata, Yannanozoon lividum)
- Anomalocarid
[edit] Ordovician
Caithness, Scotland (Palaeospondylus)
[edit] Silurian
[edit] Devonian
[edit] Carboniferous
[edit] Permian
[edit] Triassic
[edit] Jurassic
[edit] Cretaceous
[edit] Paleogene
[edit] Neogene
[edit] See also
- Fossils
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- List of human fossils
- List of transitional fossils
