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Trilobite
Paleozoic era, first major group of arthropods
Ammonite
Mesozoic era, characteristic spiral shell
Tyrannosaurus rex
Late Cretaceous period, apex predator
Brachiopods
Most common in Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, lamp-shells
Stromatolite
Precambrian to present, layered bio-chemical accretion structures
Archaeopteryx
Late Jurassic period, transitional fossil between birds and dinosaurs
Foraminifera
Paleozoic to present, tiny marine organisms with intricate shells
Pterosaur
Mesozoic era, first vertebrates with powered flight
Stegosaurus
Late Jurassic period, known for plates on back and spiked tail
Diplodocus
Late Jurassic period, extremely long-necked dinosaur
Neanderthal
Pleistocene epoch, early human species
Mammoth
Pleistocene to Holocene epoch, large woolly tuskers
Nautiloids
Ordovician to present, ancient cephalopods with a hard shell
Petrified Wood
Throughout geological time, fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation
Velociraptor
Late Cretaceous period, small but cunning dinosaur
Icthyosaur
Mesozoic era, dolphin-like marine reptiles
Coelacanth
Devonian to present, thought to be extinct until found in 1938
Carboniferous Coal Forests
Carboniferous period, extensive coal-producing tropical wetlands
Ginkgo
Jurassic to present, ancient seed plant
Anomalocaris
Cambrian period, early marine predator
Eurypterid
Ordovician to Permian periods, extinct group of sea scorpions
Plesiosaur
Mesozoic era, long-necked marine reptile
Saber-toothed Cat
Cenozoic era, iconic prehistoric predator with long upper canines
Dimetrodon
Permian period, early synapsid with a sail on its back
Hallucigenia
Cambrian period, peculiar creature known from the Burgess Shale
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