List of notable fossils

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Contents 1 Precambrian 2 Cambrian 3 Ordovician 4 Silurian 5 Devonian 6 Carboniferous 7 Permian 8 Triassic 9 Jurassic 10 Cretaceous 11 Paleogene 12 Neogene 13 See also

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

• Archaeopteryx
• Megalosaurus

[edit] Cretaceous

• Jane
• Sue (Tyrannosaurus)

[edit] Paleogene

[edit] Neogene

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

[edit] See also

• Fossils
• List of fossil sites (with link directory)
• List of human fossils
• List of transitional fossils