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VERTEBRATE FOSSILS
PRESENTED TO: Dr. KIRAN AFTAB
BY
RIMSHA
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Fossil vertebrates
• (Phylum Chordata) are relatively rare fossils, although diligent
searching can turn up highly prized specimens.
• Many fossil vertebrate remains are so rare, and scientifically
important, that it is recommended that collectors contact the nearest
university geology department, museum, or the Ohio History
Connection.
Fossil fishes
• Agnathans
• Acanthodians
• Placoderms
• Sharks
• Bony Fishes
Acanthodian, placoderm and
shark fossils
Bony Fishes
• Amphibians, familiar to most people as frogs, toads, and salamanders,
first appeared at the end of the Devonian Period.
Reptile fossils
• Reptile remains in Ohio ’s Upper Paleozoic rocks are very rare and
generally poorly preserved.
Dinosaur fossils
• Without question, the best-known and most popular fossil organisms
are the dinosaurs.
• Entombed about 300 MYA
Bird fossils
• Birds first appeared during the Mesozoic and are derived from
dinosaurs.
• These are rare fossils with only a few specimens having been found.
These include turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, the claw of a hawk, duck,
and possibly Canada goose.
• Bird bones are very delicate and easily destroyed by weathering and
easily overlooked except in excavations where sediments screened for
small bones.
Representative bird fossil
Mammal fossils
• Mammals first appeared during the Triassic Period and lived with
dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Era.
• At the beginning of the Cenozoic Era, after extinction of the dinosaurs
about 65 million years ago, mammals flourished and diversified.
Representative mammal fossils
Invertebrate fossils
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