Dynamic Miscellany : Fossil Gallery

I've always been interested in most anything that is alive or used to be alive. Fossils have always attracted my attention. It didn't matter wether it was a dinosaur or a snail, I've always liked them. As you might expect, I've collected a few of them over the years I've been on the planet.

These images were made with my flatbed scanner. This method produces nice images for small fossils but cannot image larger fossils without risking damage to the scanner.

A single large exogyra.
From a caliche formation in San Antonio, TX.
4 in.

Two linked exogyra.
From a mudstone formation in Austin, TX.
1 in.

Iron pyrite encrusted exogyra, top and bottom views.
From a mudstone formation in Austin, TX.
0.75 in.

A fragmentary mollusc.
From a mudstone formation in Austin, TX.
1 in.

A pyritized fragment.
From a mudstone formation in Austin, TX.
1 in.

A pyritized fragment in mudstone matrix.
From a mudstone formation in Austin, TX.
0.5 in.

An molluscan cast.
From a limestone formation in San Antonio, TX.
1 in.

An ammonite in cross-section.
From a store somewhere.
3 in.