Fossils and Ancient Imprints

Diverse fossilized specimens including dinosaur footprints, fish remains, and ancient plant imprints, captured in their natural rock formations.

Theropod Dinosaur footprint Arizona USA

Crinoidal limestone containing Encrinus fossilised stem fragments, Middle Triassic Epoch, Switzerland.

Hicetes fossil, Polychaeta, on Pleurodictyum problematicum, coral, Early Devonian.

Encrinus carnal fossils, Crinoidea, Middle Triassic Epoch, Germany.

Cnidarian (Eulithota sp) medusa fossil from the Geological Museum of the Seminary, Barcelona, Spain

Ammonites fossil, Cephalopoda.

Mesolimulus. Extinct genus of arthropod. Example of Solnhofen limestone, near Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Late Jurassic. 150 million years ago. Natural History Museum, Berlin. Germany.

Myophorella clavellata, a fossil saltwater clam, marine bivalve mollusk in the family Trigoniidae, found at Vaches Noires in Normandy, France, Europe

Fossil Trilobite (Ogygopsis klotzi) Burgess Shale, Precambrian marine life, Canadian Rockies, BC CANADA

Ediacaran fossil (575 mya), Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

CANADA, QUEBEC, GASPE, MIGUASHA NATIONAL PARK, FOSSILS, FISH, EUSTHENOPTERON FOORDI

Polyglyphanodon sternbergeri, Late Cretaceous, North Horn Formation, South Dragon Canyon, Utah, USA, North America

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Bryozoans fossils, Brachiopods.

Triassic lingula brachiopods in limestone of the Dinwoody Formation, SW Montana.

A fossil fish in limestone, in side view.

Fossilized dinosaur bones at the Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, USA

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-13

China, Fossilized Skeleton of Sinonithosaurus Haoiana

Inoceramus proximus fossils, Bivalvia.

Fossil Brittlestar (Palaeocoma egertoni) from Jurassic Middle Lias starfish beds of Eype, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fossil of Crioceratites included in marl, Gastropoda, Lower Cretaceous.

Australian aboriginal rock etching, 30, 000 yrs old representing a man, Deep Gorge, Murujuga or Burrup Peninsula, Dampier, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Peru, Ica, Nasca Lines, view of the colibri, aerial view

Sea scorpion, Giant scorpion, Sea scorpions, Giant scorpions, Eurypterids, Other animals, Animals, Arachnids, Fossil Sea-scorpion (Eurypterid sp.) from Silurian Wenlock of Podilskyj, Ukraine, Europe

USA, Arizona, Dinosaur footprint preserved in former stream bed in northern Arizona

Fossils on dispaly, Museum of fossils from Meride, Unesco world heritage site Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, Europe

Gastrioceras subcrenatus fossils, Cephalopoda.

Rock engravings of two giraffes from the Neolithic period, Sabu, Nubia, Sudan, Africa

Ichthyosaur. Stenopterygius sp. Toarcian (180 million years). Germany. Skull 40 cm long- Blouet brothers collection

converted PNM file

Impression and counter-impression of Mortoniceras rostratum, Albien, Provence, France. Ammonite characterized by its large ventral rostrum. 25cm. Luc Ebbo collection. Paleogalerie, Salignac. Ebbo collection

Brittle star (Bundenbachia sp), Asteroidea, Devonian Period.

YACIMIENTO ARQUEOLOGICO EN CASAMONTERO (M-50). HUELLAS DE MASTODONTE Y FOSILES: TERMOGRAFIAS Y OTROS.

Fossil of Cybium Speciosum. Artist: Unknown

Tanzania, Laetoli Plain, The First Steps, 3.6 million years old, footprints in wet volcanic ash

Spiraled fossil

Maastricht, Natural History Museum

bony fish skull (xiphactinus) kansas 83 million years old original. large predatory bony fish of the late cretaceous.

This view of a Martian rock target called /Harrison' merges images from two cameras onboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover to provide both color and microscopic detail. The elongated crystals are likely feldspars, and the matrix is pyroxene-dominated.

Neolithic rock painting, group of fighting or dancing people, Iheren-Tahilahi style, Tadjelahine Plateau, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Africa

Meandering Anthozoa fossils, Oligocene Epoch, Vicenza, Italy.

petroglyphs

Fossil - Lizard - Species unknown. Jurassic. Eichstattt, Germany.

Skeleton of a Basilosaurus whale, Wadi Hitan World Heritage Site, Fayum, Egypt, Africa

Perch fossil, Mine Messel, Hesse, Germany (Amphiperca multiformis), UNESCO World Heritage natural site

Remains of a plant preserved as a fossil.

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fossil shark (cretoxyrhina mantelli) largest shark of the late cretaceous period.

Levallois Core ca. 240,000-40,000 Middle Paleolithic Period A core is a stone from which flakes have been detached so that the flakes can be made into tools. This one was made with a special technique called Levallois core preparation that was widely used during the Middle Paleolithic Period. The Middle Paleolithic saw the rise of more complex stone tool technologies and more variability in tool types compared to the Lower Paleolithic. This change is associated with the increasing complexity of Hominin behavior such as specialized hunting, pyrotechnology, and the use of symbols eventually resulting in anatomically and behaviorally modern humans. Levallois cores were made by removing flakes in a specific way, such as centripetally around an edge, so that the last flakes detached have a predetermined shape. This example is a ‘Nubian A’ type of Levallois core where preparation flakes were removed from the distal (pointed) end in order to create a central ridge that will produce a pointe

Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre. ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), MMA excavations, 1920. Dynasty 12

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-13

Ammonite fossils, Cephalopoda, Jurassic.

Sherd ca. 3100-2500 B.C. Iran This sherd is made of grey burnished clay. It is typical of Namazga IV ceramics from Turkmenistan and Hissar II ceramics from Iran, and likely date to ca. 3100-2500 B.C. It was excavated in 1937 at a prehistoric site in the vicinity of Nishapur in northeastern Iran. While Nishapur itself was founded by the Sasanian king Shapur I (reigned ca. A.D. 241-272), this sherd shows that human habitation there goes back to the prehistoric period. Furthermore, the prehistoric pottery from Nishapur has close affinities with ceramic materials from Central Asia rather than with contemporary sites in Iran, meaning that in this period its inhabitants were likely culturally linked to their neighbors to the east. At the same time, Nishapurs location on what later became known as the Great Khorasan Road suggests that it was part of the trade network that facilitated the import of precious stones such as lapis lazuli, carnelian and turquoise from Central Asia to Mesopotamia.

archaeopteryx fossil in solnhofen limestone jurassic period germany

A hiker is looking at the handprints, a type of petroglyph called petrosomatoglyphs, likely made by Ancestral Puebloans between 300-1300 AD in Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, United States.

REPRODUCCION DE LAS PINTURAS DEL ABRIGO DE LA ARAÑA - NEOLITICO. Location: MUSEO DE PREHISTORIA Y ARQUEOLOGIA. Valencia. SPAIN.

This focus-merge image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a rock called 'Burwash.' The rock has a coating of dust on it. The coarser, visible grains are windblown sand.

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icnitas, Centro de Interpretación Paleontológica de La Rioja, Igea, La Rioja , Spain, Europe.

Fossil Bird Archaeopteryx Cast - Original specimen in Berlin - Germany . Berlin specimen. Known as 'the first bird' with both dinosaurian and avian features which some say represents a 'missing link' between dinosaurs and birds - Had teeth - a bony tail and claws but like birds had flight feathers and hollow bones - First discovered in 1861 in the Solnhofen beds in Germany.

Turtle fossil shell, Isla Santa Catalina, Gulf of California, Baja California Sur, Mexico, March

Layer of fossils of Tawachi Desert of Tenere Niger

Early X-ray bird and human figure. Date/Period: -2000 - -1. Painting. Author: UNKNOWN.

petroglifo petroglifo, yacimiento rupestre de Aït Ouazik, finales del Neolítico, Marruecos, Africa Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21320918

High angle view of Nazca lines, Nazca, Peru

Fossil of a shell, Chari Dhandh, Kutch, Gujarat, India Copyright: xDxShah/DinodiaxPhotox

Mastodonsaurus. Middle Triassic (Å330 million years). Germany. Giant amphibian up to 5 meters long. - Blouet brothers collection

FOSSIL OR PSEUDOFOSSIL: DENDRITAS OF PIROLUSITA. (MINERAL GROWTH).

Rocks, Fossils, Ammonite

Ammonite fossils, Cephalopoda, Late Jurassic.

Building sand with transport traces.

Pleurocera sp. Upper Pliensbachian (185 million years). Nodule containing 2 ammonites, a belemnite rostrum, and numerous bivalves. - Blouet brothers collection

Horse roundworms, Equine roundworms (Parascaris equorum) in horse dung

Herramientas ibéricas. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Ullastret.

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Caddis Fly (Limnephilidae) case built of rock fragments and sticks, Germany

staff from El Castillo, engraving of a deer on a staff pierced and decorated with deep lines, about 12,000 years old, from the Magdalenian, Museum of prehistory and archeology (MUPAC), Santander, Cantabria, Spain.

Mineral well from limestone deposits. Colonies of bacteria, cyenallae, diatoms and green algae as inhabitants of mineral waters

Mold of the Back of a Child. Unknown

America, Mexico, Zacatecas, Eden Mine, fossil

A Comparison Of Shorebird Footprints To A Human Footprint Symbolizes The Relative Ecological Footprint Of Each Taken At The Copper River Shorebird Fes...

campognathus corallestris, 145 my, Dinosauria, dinosaur museum, hall of evolution, Esperaza.departamento del Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, eastern pyrenees,France, europe.

HOZ PARA ZURDOS. (INV. LI-IN-20).(EXPOSICION EL LEGADO CIENTIFICO DE AL-ANDALUS)(DEPOSITO: MUSEO PARROQUIAL LIETOR).

Molar from a cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), Quaternary Period, Island of Elba, Italy.

Fossil of Frog, Amphibians.

Fossil leaf scars (Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg Carboniferous Coal Measures.

Fossilisation of a scabbardfish (Aspidorhynchus acutirostris), Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Fossil Echinoid, Micraster Cortestudinarium. Preserved in flint. From the Upper Chalk of Dover cliffs, Kent UK

Skull cap of a male which has cannibalised marks found at Gough's Cave, England. Dated 15th Century BC

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Trilobites. Dinòpolis. Paleontological Museum of Teruel, Teruel Paleontological Complex Foundation. Aragon. Spain.

Nummulites fossils, Foraminifera, Qattara Depression, Libyan Desert, Egypt.

Ammonite fossil, a cross-section approximately 5 cm diameter. Ludwigia murchisoni. Dorset, England, UK. (Specimen courtesy of Terry Manning and John Bates, Leicester, England, UK).

Remains of a marine fossil from Lebanon

Emericiceras emerici with preservation of spines. Barremian. Provence, France. 20cm. Luc Ebbo collection. Paleogalerie, Salignac.Ebbo collection

Dawsonoceras annulatum from Coalbrookdale Shropshire.

High angle view of Nazca lines, Nazca, Peru

Greenhouse thousidus Oxidus Gracilis and Sandschnurfuesser ommatoiulus sabulosus greenhouse thousand feet oxidus gracilis and sandschnurfuesser ommatoiulus sabulosus copyright: xzoonar.com/falkex 23083866

fish shoal fossils knightia sp. eocene period (50m years old) wyoming, usa

Usa, Arizona, Tuba City, dinosaur trail, skeleton

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