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By: Hubbard Scientific, Co.
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Types of Fossilization Collection
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Part Number: 727953202236
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The fossils in this study unit help to illustrate the major processes by which a life form is preserved as a fossil. -
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- The fossils in this study unit help to illustrate the major processes by which a life form is preserved as a fossil. Some of the specimens will illustrate processes such as petrifaction, pyritization, molds and casts, and distillation.
- 15 natural specimens in a compartmental container.
Samples Include:
CARBON FILM - The result of the breakdown of organic materials and the subsequent deposition of the resulting carbon.
1. Plant Alethopteris serlii Pennsylvanian Period PA
PERMINERALIZATION - The fossilization process in which the pore spaces of an organism are filled with a mineral.
2. Plant Petrified Wood Jurassic Period WY
3. Vertebrata Dinosaur Bone Jurassic Period CO
REPLACEMENT - The process in which the organic material of an organism is replaced by a mineral.
4. Pelecypoda (calcite) Pteria longa Permian Period OK
5. Gastropoda (silica) Turritella sp. Eocene Epoch WY
6. Coelenterata (calcite) Tabullophyllum sp. Mississippian Period UT
7. Plant (silica) Algae Cretaceous Period WY
8. Gastropoda (calcite) unidentified genus Mesozoic Era MEXICO
9. Cephalopoda (limonite) Goniatite sp. Jurassic Period MOROCCO
10. Echinodermata (calcite) Crinoid stem Pennsylvanian Period OK
CAST - The result of the naturally filling in of a mold after breakdown of an organism.
11. Pelecypoda & Gastropoda mixed species Paleocene Epoch TX
MOLD - An impression left in the host rock by an organism.
12. Brachiopoda Compositia sp. Pennsylvanian Period KS
SIMPLE BURIAL - The burial of an organism with no alteration of the hard parts.
13. Vertebrata Stingray teeth Miocene Epoch MOROCCO
14. Pelecypoda unidentified genus Pliocene Epoch Baja, MEXICO
15. Chordata Shark Tooth Miocene Epoch FL
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